de Govia Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

de Govia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Govia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Trinidad and Tobago141:97,4276,588
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
England11:55,718,059489,080

de Govia Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Govia occurs in Trinidad and Tobago more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of de Govia.

How Common Is The Last Name de Govia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name de Govia occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of de Govia live; 50 percent live in Caribbean and 50 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

de Govia is most frequently held in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 97,427. In Trinidad and Tobago it is most numerous in: Siparia Regional Corporation, where 64 percent live, Diego Martin Regional Corporation, where 29 percent live and Port of Spain City Corporation, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Trinidad and Tobago it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent live and Sweden, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Gouvia947/
de Gouviea897/
de Govea8856/
de Gavia881/
de Gouveiea841/
de Gouvea823,036/
de Goivea821/
de Avia804/
de Geuia751/
da Gouvea711/
De-Gouvea711/
de Abia6775/
da Gavea6313/
de Gobeo6310/
de Abija631/
de Abiahy596/
de Abeo531/
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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 de Govia
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