Kovah Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Kovah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
Kovah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kovah is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovah? popularity and diffusion
Kovah is the 2,352,516th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Kovah occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Kovah live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Kovah is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 194,136. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Gulf, where 86 percent are found, East New Britain, where 10 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 36 percent are found.
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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 Kovah
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