Costova Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Costova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 99 | 1:35,973 | 5,576 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Costová (1) are calculated separately.
Costova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Costova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Costova is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Costová. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Costova? popularity and diffusion
The surname Costova is the 1,775,494th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Costova reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequent in Moldova, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 35,973. In Moldova Costova is most frequent in: Găgăuzia, where 57 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 41 percent live and Cantemir District, where 1 percent live. Excluding Moldova Costova is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and Bulgaria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Costova
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