Korves Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Korves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Korves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1581:509,52843,279
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Korves Last Name Facts

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

Korves (Russian: Корвес) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Korves? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 924,083rd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Korves are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 509,528. In Germany Korves is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 57 percent reside, Berlin, where 29 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Korves Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Korves last name are 14.42% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.65% being registered to vote for the party.

Korves earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.68% more than the national average, earning $49,050 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Korvets922/
Korwes83108/
Corves83100/
Kerves8364/
Korvis8330/
Karves838/
Korues830/
Corvese77436/
Corvest77303/
Karvets778/
Karvess775/
Corveas774/
Kharves771/
Kervess771/
Karveus771/
Korvish771/
Corvies770/
Kourbeis7119/
Corvesse711/
Korwesse711/
Coorvest710/
Corbes67819/
Corvez67473/
Corvis67123/
Carves6795/
Kervis6794/
Körbes6760/
Karvis6717/
Korbys6711/
Korvisova674/
Corues670/
Karues670/

Korves Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Korves in the Russian language
Корвесkorves-

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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 Korves
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