Coovadia Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Coovadia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coovadia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3481:155,68317,592
Canada451:818,79163,991
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States111:32,950,812797,015
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Coovadia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Coovadia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Coovadia occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Coovadia? popularity and diffusion

Coovadia is the 698,433rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Coovadia are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Coovadia is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 348 people, or 1 in 155,683. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 64 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Coovadia Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Coovadia earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 156.18% more than the national average, earning R 608,772 per year; in United States they earn 37.66% more than the national average, earning $59,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.52% more than the national average, earning $66,338 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Covadia9341/
Covadias886/
Coovodia881/
Covadiaz881/
Cavadia804,600/
Kovadia8018/
Cobadia802/
Covadio801/
Cavadias75309/
Kotvadia7516/
Cavadiaz757/
Chavadia754/
Cobadias753/
Cabadia67635/
Kuvadia67230/
Savadia67153/
Kavadia67152/
Cawadia6769/
Javadia6712/
Cavadía675/
Kovadio673/
Cavadio671/
Sowadia671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coovadia
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