Covas Surname
Approximately 3,131 people bear this surname
Covas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1,095 | 1:9,514 | 832 |
| Spain | 508 | 1:92,032 | 7,680 |
| Brazil | 420 | 1:509,701 | 19,169 |
| Moldova | 373 | 1:9,548 | 1,615 |
| United States | 282 | 1:1,285,315 | 90,259 |
| France | 150 | 1:442,818 | 63,836 |
| Argentina | 95 | 1:449,931 | 33,821 |
| Puerto Rico | 47 | 1:75,535 | 1,405 |
| Colombia | 24 | 1:1,990,586 | 12,178 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Venezuela | 22 | 1:1,372,913 | 18,810 |
| Cuba | 20 | 1:576,136 | 5,797 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Çovas (26), Covaş (2), Cóvas (1) & Covaș (1) are calculated separately.
Covas (11) may also be a first name.
Covas Demographics
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Covas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Covas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Covas is held by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Çovas, Covaş, Cóvas or Covaș. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Covas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 142,188th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,327,546 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Covas reside; 51 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Portugal, where it is held by 1,095 people, or 1 in 9,514. Excluding Portugal it is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.
Covas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Covas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Covas last name expanded 14,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Covas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Covas are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Covas earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning $17,966,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 3.99% more than the national average, earning $44,870 USD per year.
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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
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- 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
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