Covilha Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Covilha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Covilhã (70) & Covilhâ (1) are calculated separately.
Covilha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Covilha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Covilha occurs in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Covilhã or Covilhâ. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Covilha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Covilha occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Covilha are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.
Covilha is most numerous in Angola, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 749,700. Excluding Angola Covilha exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 10 percent live and France, where 2 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
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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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