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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kovaè. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kovae are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kovae is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 36 percent reside, Central, where 25 percent reside and Morobe, where 22 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Kovae is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent reside.
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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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