Kovai Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Kovai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 140 | 1:5,479,038 | 132,955 |
| Slovenia | 77 | 1:32,307 | 6,410 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kovai (146) may also be a first name.
Kovai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kovai (Hindi: कोवई) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 837,371st most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Kovai live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 763,528th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 146 people.
Kovai is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 5,479,038. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 53 percent are found, Telangana, where 16 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 5 percent are found. Other than India this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovai in the Hindi language | ||
| कोवई | kova'i | 83.33 |
| कोवाई | kova'i | 16.67 |
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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 Kovai
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