Kovan Surname
Approximately 2,621 people bear this surname
Kovan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,184 | 1:35,633 | 3,765 |
| United States | 139 | 1:2,607,618 | 157,688 |
| Russia | 61 | 1:2,362,673 | 139,353 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kovan (191) may also be a first name.
Kovan Demographics
Average Kovan Salary in
United States
$62,012 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kovan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kovan (Arabic: كفون, Hindi: कोवन, Marathi: कॉवन, Russian: Кован) is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kovan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 165,313th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,780,445 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Kovan reside; 75 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Kovan is also the 657,437th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 191 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 2,184 people, or 1 in 35,633. In Turkey Kovan is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent live, Denizli Province, where 15 percent live and Ordu Province, where 13 percent live. Apart from Turkey this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.
Kovan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kovan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 13,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kovan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kovan last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kovan last name are 32.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 79.31% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kovan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.72% more than the national average, earning $62,012 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovan in the Hindi language | ||
| कोवन | kovana | - |
| Kovan in the Marathi language | ||
| कॉवन | kovana | 50 |
| केोवान | keovana | 25 |
| कौवन | kauvana | 12.5 |
| कोवन | kovana | 12.5 |
| Kovan in the Russian language | ||
| Кован | kovan | - |
| Kovan in the Arabic language | ||
| كفون | kfwn | - |
| كوفان | kwfan | - |
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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 Kovan
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