Kotváč Surname

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

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Kotváč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotváč Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801

The alternate forms: Kotvač (1) & Kotvac (1) are calculated separately.

Kotváč Last Name Facts

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

Kotváč occurs in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Kotvač or Kotvac. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotváč? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kotváč live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 667,056. In Slovakia Kotváč is mostly concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 88 percent live and Košice Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Slovakia Kotváč occurs in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kotvač941/
Kováč9114,535/
Kotvac891/
Kováče838/
Kotváčová806/
Ková802/
Kotvász7720/
Kovač7326,463/
Kotva73352/
Kovác7321/
Kováľ735/
Kováć731/
Kaváč731/
Kováčova717/
Kovács67218,699/
Kováts672,424/
Kotvaš67228/
Kovách67211/
Kotvas67210/
Kotvasová6749/
Kovácz6710/
Kotvay674/
Kotvat673/
Kovatšová672/
Kovačs671/
Kovatsová671/
Kovátš671/

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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 Kotváč
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