Kovae Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Kovae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Kovaè (3) are calculated separately.
Kovae (19) may also be a first name.
Kovae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kovae occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kovaè. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kovae.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovae? popularity and diffusion
Kovae is the 2,530,696th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kovae are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name globally, held by 19 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 36 percent live, Central, where 25 percent live and Morobe, where 22 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Kovae occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kovae
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