Kovar Surname
Approximately 5,493 people bear this surname
Kovar Surname User-submission:
This is a Czech or Slovakian surname, meaning 'blacksmith worker', denoting someone who worked with metals .
Kovar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,587 | 1:101,048 | 11,214 |
| Austria | 555 | 1:15,343 | 2,273 |
| Turkey | 399 | 1:195,041 | 14,424 |
| Germany | 262 | 1:307,273 | 31,264 |
| Czechia | 124 | 1:85,754 | 14,332 |
| Canada | 112 | 1:328,978 | 30,038 |
| India | 98 | 1:7,827,198 | 166,253 |
| Switzerland | 38 | 1:216,129 | 18,575 |
| Slovakia | 36 | 1:148,235 | 26,596 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Serbia | 26 | 1:274,806 | 14,599 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Kovár (2,156) & Kovář (5,550) are calculated separately.
Kovar (97) may also be a first name.
Kovar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Czech or Slovakian surname, meaning 'blacksmith worker', denoting someone who worked with metals .
- deleted-173293The Kovar surname means 'smith' or 'blacksmith'.
- jimbokovarKovar Demographics
Average Kovar Salary in
United States
$45,800 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kovar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kovar (Russian: Ковар) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kovár or Kovář. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kovar is the 87,562nd most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,326,697 people. Kovar occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Kovar live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 97 people.
The surname Kovar is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,587 people, or 1 in 101,048. In The United States Kovar is most common in: Texas, where 29 percent live, Illinois, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 10 percent live and Turkey, where 7 percent live.
Kovar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kovar are 22.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.25% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kovar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.14% more than the national average, earning $45,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.83% more than the national average, earning $57,051 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovar in the Russian language | ||
| Ковар | kovar | - |
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Footnotes
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