Kovaniemi Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Kovaniemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 88 | 1:62,463 | 7,172 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kovaniemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovaniemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kovaniemi is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovaniemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,785,358th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kovaniemi live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in Scandinavia.
Kovaniemi is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 62,463. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 61 percent live, Uusimaa, where 10 percent live and Lapland, where 7 percent live. Excluding Finland it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 10 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kovanem | 88 | 1 | / |
| Koivuniemi | 84 | 2,019 | / |
| Kuivaniemi | 84 | 193 | / |
| Kiviniemi | 78 | 3,182 | / |
| Kaveniemi | 78 | 4 | / |
| Koivunemi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Keviniemi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kovanam | 75 | 3 | / |
| Govanim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kivenniemi | 74 | 3 | / |
| Kavenniemi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kavanami | 71 | 18 | / |
| Kivinemi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kivinimi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kawanemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kobonimi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kvanmo | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kvanum | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kiviniema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kivienimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kawanema | 59 | 2 | / |
| Kabanime | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kabanyema | 56 | 17 | / |
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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 Kovaniemi
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