Kovals Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Kovals Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 131 | 1:15,649 | 2,323 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Kovaļs (1) are calculated separately.
Kovals Demographics
Average Kovals Salary in
United States
$67,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kovals Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovals Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kovals is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Kovaļs. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovals? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Kovals are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most common in Latvia, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 15,649. In Latvia Kovals is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 74 percent live, Latgale, where 14 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Latvia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.
Kovals Last Name Statistics demography
Kovals earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.21% more than the national average, earning $67,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kovaļs | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kovales | 92 | 19 | / |
| Kowals | 83 | 58 | / |
| Kavals | 83 | 25 | / |
| Covals | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kovels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kobals | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kovalz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koovalles | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kavales | 77 | 74 | / |
| Covales | 77 | 20 | / |
| Kowales | 77 | 12 | / |
| Kovalch | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kouvels | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kowalhs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kowalsh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Covalles | 71 | 48 | / |
| Covalsch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kovalece | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kowalshe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kobalz | 67 | 79 | / |
| Kowols | 67 | 42 | / |
| Cowals | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kabals | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kowels | 67 | 0 | / |
| Covols | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kovals
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