Kocvar Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Kocvar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kocvar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
England11:55,718,059489,080
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Kocvár (16) & Kočvar (9) are calculated separately.

Kocvar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kocvar is found most in Slovakia. It may be rendered as a variant: Kocvár or Kočvar. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kocvar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kocvar is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Kocvar is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Kocvar are found; 58 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Kocvar is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,067,290. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Prešov Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Slovakia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent reside and Czechia, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kocvár9416/
Kočvar949/
Kochvar9276/
Kosvar8359/
Kocvarova8023/
Kocvarová802/
Kuchvar7724/
Khojvar7720/
Koczwar778/
Koczwarz711/
Kotschwar67274/
Kosuar6758/
Kachhvare6717/
Kocvárová6712/
Kasvar675/
Casvar673/
Khoshkvar672/
Cokvar672/
Kočvarova671/
Kakvar671/
Kacvor671/

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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 Kocvar
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