Kovas Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Kovas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 139 | 1:2,607,618 | 157,688 |
| Greece | 56 | 1:197,853 | 31,389 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Lithuania | 19 | 1:159,715 | 15,040 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Kovas (16) may also be a first name.
Kovas Demographics
Average Kovas Salary in
United States
$43,096 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kovas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovas (Arabic: كوفاس, Marathi: कॉवस, Russian: Ковас) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 866,642nd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Kovas are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 16 people.
Kovas is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 2,607,618. In The United States Kovas is primarily found in: Illinois, where 24 percent live, Indiana, where 14 percent live and Michigan, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 18 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.
Kovas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kovas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kovas last name expanded 1,390 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kovas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Greek Orthodox (91%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kovas surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.
Kovas earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.12% less than the national average, earning $43,096 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovas in the Marathi language | ||
| कॉवस | kovasa | 66.67 |
| कोवास | kovasa | 33.33 |
| Kovas in the Russian language | ||
| Ковас | kovas | - |
| Kovas in the Arabic language | ||
| كوفاس | kwfas | - |
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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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- 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 Kovas
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