Govez Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Govez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Gövez (669) & Góvez (1) are calculated separately.
Govez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Govez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Govez (Arabic: غوفيز, Georgian: გოვეზ, Russian: Говез) occurs most in The Philippines. It can be rendered as: Gövez or Góvez. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Govez? popularity and diffusion
The surname Govez is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Govez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Govez reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 36 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Govez is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 25,309,556. In The Philippines Govez is mostly found in: Central Luzon, where 50 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 25 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 25 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Govez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Govez in the Georgian language | ||
| გოვეზ | govez | - |
| Govez in the Russian language | ||
| Говез | govez | - |
| Govez in the Arabic language | ||
| غوفيز | ghwfyz | - |
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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 Govez
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