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

The last name Covs is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Čovs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Covs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Covs is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Covs are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most common in Moldova, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 593,561. In Moldova Covs is most frequent in: Chișinău Municipality, where 83 percent live and Ungheni District, where 17 percent live. Outside of Moldova it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 13 percent live and Venezuela, where 13 percent live.

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