Covesan Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Covesan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Covesan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1121:179,26718,325
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Coveşan (2) are calculated separately.

Covesan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Covesan is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Coveşan. Click here for other potential spellings of Covesan.

How Common Is The Last Name Covesan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Covesan is the 1,620,164th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Covesan occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Covesan live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Covesan is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 179,267. In Romania Covesan is most numerous in: Mureș County, where 38 percent are found, Timiș County, where 37 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 18 percent are found. Barring Romania Covesan occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coveşan952/
Covasan86548/
Covăsan8642/
Cavesan8622/
Covecan861/
Covacean8030/
Compesan8014/
Giovesan801/
Coverzan801/
Cojuesan801/
Cavasan7148/
Cabesan7132/
Kevesan716/
Cavezan714/
Cavisan713/
Savesan712/
Covejon712/
Cobesam711/
Caveson711/
Covazon711/
Cobeson711/
Covison711/
Joveson711/
Cobesen710/
Sovesen710/
Cowieson67358/
Campesan67338/
Cavezzan67245/
Cavassan67143/
Kaveshan6723/
Cavezian676/
Chaveson674/
Compisan671/
Kevessan671/
Javeshan671/
Chavezan671/
Cobesson670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Covesan
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