Covs Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Covs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Covs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Čovs (38) are calculated separately.

Covs Last Name Facts

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

Covs is found most in Moldova. It can be found as: Čovs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Covs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Covs reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 75 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Moldova, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 593,561. In Moldova Covs is most common in: Chișinău Municipality, where 83 percent are found and Ungheni District, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Moldova Covs occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 13 percent are found and Venezuela, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čovs9238/
Chovs891/
Cov8637/
Chovsh809/
Cova7529,176/
Cops75886/
Cobs75222/
Cows7514/
Kovs7510/
Coov755/
Hcov752/
Cavs752/
Cgov752/
Zovs751/
Kcov751/
Ccov751/
Covd751/
Jovs751/
Cojv751/
Covp751/
Covz751/
Cohv750/
Cofs750/
Kovsh672,202/
Coops67796/
Copps67750/
Coobs67181/
Coups67120/
Chavs67116/
Copse6767/
Chows6731/
Covce6716/
Kovse6712/
Coffs675/
Copsø673/
Coutv672/
Tzovs672/
Kohvs672/
Kovss672/
Cottv672/
Covch671/
Coows671/
Cauvs671/
Cobss671/
Cavse671/
Gcova671/
Coofs670/
Coifs670/
Covdt670/
Coubs670/
Cowss670/
Cowse670/
Kovst670/
Jovst670/

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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 Covs
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