Iova Surname
Approximately 3,111 people bear this surname
Iova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2,612 | 1:7,687 | 1,009 |
| Russia | 225 | 1:640,547 | 55,698 |
| Moldova | 53 | 1:67,196 | 9,093 |
| Kazakhstan | 47 | 1:376,223 | 29,840 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 1:597,265 | 42,601 |
| North Macedonia | 9 | 1:233,497 | 14,572 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Iova (92) may also be a first name.
Iova Demographics
Iova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Iova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iova (Russian: Иова) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Iova.
How Common Is The Last Name Iova? popularity and diffusion
Iova is the 142,943rd most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,342,509 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Iova reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Iova is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 92 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 2,612 people, or 1 in 7,687. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Dolj County, where 17 percent live, Bihor County, where 13 percent live and Timiș County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Romania Iova occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 7 percent live and Moldova, where 2 percent live.
Iova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Iova last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.
Iova earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.74% less than the national average, earning $26,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iova in the Russian language | ||
| Иова | iova | - |
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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 Iova
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