Coves Surname
Approximately 1,983 people bear this surname
Coves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1,635 | 1:28,595 | 2,938 |
| France | 254 | 1:261,507 | 40,317 |
| Cuba | 36 | 1:320,075 | 5,584 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 1:1,510,204 | 20,059 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Cöves (1) are calculated separately.
Coves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Coves is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Cöves. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Coves? popularity and diffusion
The surname Coves is the 208,569th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,675,011 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Coves are found; 82 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 82 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
Coves is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 1,635 people, or 1 in 28,595. In Spain Coves is most numerous in: Valencian Community, where 92 percent live, Catalonia, where 4 percent live and Andalusia, where 1 percent live. Apart from Spain this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 13 percent live and Cuba, where 2 percent live.
Coves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coves has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Coves surname decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
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