Cover Surname
Approximately 7,773 people bear this surname
Cover Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'le cuver,' the cooper, a maker of coops; the Frenchcuve. The suffix in Cuverer is reduplicated; compare Poulter-er.
Adam le Cuver, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Michael le Cuver, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameCover Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,818 | 1:75,230 | 8,622 |
| Jamaica | 615 | 1:4,667 | 626 |
| England | 412 | 1:135,238 | 13,274 |
| Australia | 402 | 1:67,153 | 7,997 |
| Brazil | 380 | 1:563,354 | 21,072 |
| Italy | 308 | 1:198,561 | 28,720 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Canada | 144 | 1:255,872 | 24,214 |
| Argentina | 77 | 1:555,109 | 40,132 |
| Honduras | 70 | 1:125,949 | 1,847 |
| Panama | 60 | 1:65,204 | 2,877 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Costa Rica | 27 | 1:177,040 | 2,395 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Venezuela | 21 | 1:1,438,289 | 19,453 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1:4,564 | 572 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Isle of Man | 13 | 1:6,602 | 1,513 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Dominica | 3 | 1:25,297 | 621 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 242 | 1:100,725 | 10,154 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,136 | 1:44,207 | 5,131 |
The alternate forms: Côver (1) are calculated separately.
Cover (291) may also be a first name.
Cover Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'le cuver,' the cooper, a maker of coops; the Frenchcuve. The suffix in Cuverer is reduplicated; compare Poulter-er.
Adam le Cuver, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Michael le Cuver, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Walter le Cuver. Issues of the Exchequer.
Richard le Cuverer, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Adam le Covreur, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
1787. Married — Charles Cover and Elizabeth Snow: St. George, Hanover Square i.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Cooper [Middle English cover, cuver; from Middle English Old French cuve, Latin cupa, a cask]
1. A place where game is preserved. 2. Couver, a domestic connected with a court kitchen. Halliw.
From gover (go-ver), the brook or spring of Water; (W. gofer, a rivulet); hence perhaps Cover.
Cover Demographics
Average Male Cover Height
177.26 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cover Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cover Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cover (Arabic: ستارا) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Côver. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cover.
How Common Is The Last Name Cover? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 64,349th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 937,546 people. The last name Cover is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Cover live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 517,703rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 291 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,818 people, or 1 in 75,230. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 13 percent are found, Maryland, where 9 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 8 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Cover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cover has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 424 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 170 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cover Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Cover last name are 22.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.59% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cover earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.17% more than the national average, earning $47,105 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.66% more than the national average, earning $54,482 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cover Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cover in the Arabic language | ||
| ستارا | stara | - |
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