Koukouvas Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Koukouvas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koukouvas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece691:160,57726,211
Australia481:562,41041,290
Belgium251:459,86646,150
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Koukouvas Last Name Facts

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

Koukouvas has its highest incidence in Greece. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Koukouvas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,434,893rd most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Koukouvas are found; 46 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 46 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Greece, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 160,577. In Greece Koukouvas is mostly found in: South Aegean, where 91 percent are found, Crete, where 6 percent are found and Attica, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Greece it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 32 percent are found and Belgium, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koukouvais9512/
Kokouvas945/
Koukovas942/
Koukouvos8915/
Kokkouvas891/
Kokovas8857/
Kukuvas886/
Kokkovas8298/
Kookovas822/
Kakouvas821/
Kukuvass821/
Kokojavas781/
Kukavas75335/
Kukavase71158/
Kokkovos7140/
Kaukavas711/

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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
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  • 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 Koukouvas
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