Kovats Surname

317,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Kovats Surname Definition:

(Hungarian) The worker in metals; a smith.

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Kovats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5101:710,70456,075
Canada1621:227,44221,827
Hungary871:112,83110,739
Austria851:100,18214,475
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
Romania571:352,24330,194
Switzerland461:178,54216,145
Israel181:475,42436,085
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
England161:3,482,379114,324
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Norway71:734,61250,907
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
France51:13,284,544357,392
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Kováts (2,424) & Kovátš (1) are calculated separately.

Kovats (11) may also be a first name.

Kovats Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Hungarian) The worker in metals; a smith.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

A variation of Kovacs (Kovács), meaning 'smith' or 'blacksmith' in Hungarian.

- koga

Kovats Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kovats Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kovats (Russian: Ковац) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Kováts or Kovátš. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovats? popularity and diffusion

Kovats is the 317,867th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,186,372 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Kovats are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name worldwide, held by 11 people.

The surname Kovats is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 510 people, or 1 in 710,704. In The United States Kovats is most prevalent in: California, where 20 percent reside, Ohio, where 11 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent reside and Hungary, where 7 percent reside.

Kovats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kovats has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kovats surname expanded 17,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kovats Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kovats surname are 14.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.34% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kovats earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.35% less than the national average, earning R 167,880 per year; in United States they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning $49,426 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.5% more than the national average, earning $51,920 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kováts942,424/
Kovatsh9212/
Kovauts921/
Kovatse921/
Kovátš891/
Kovatsch86122/
Kovacs8359,256/
Kowats8347/
Kavats8344/
Kovatz8311/
Kevats835/
Kobats834/
Kovazs831/
Covats831/
Kovačs831/
Kovatsova803/
Kovatsová801/
Kovatzsch801/
Kovatch771,521/
Kaevats7786/
Kovachs7715/
Kova'cs777/
Kovatzh775/
Kovacsh773/
Kovahtz772/
Kovathc772/
Qoyvats771/
Kovac's771/
Kouvacs771/
Kovaics771/
Kovač7326,463/
Kovac7310,309/
Kovać73166/
Kovaç73161/
Kovaz7317/
Kowatsch711,357/
Kobatsch714/
Kouvatch711/
Kovatschová711/
Kovács67218,699/
Kovach6727,094/
Kovacsová67338/
Kovacsova67324/
Kovaić67136/
Kowatz6771/
Kovacz6768/
Kowacs6752/
Kovátsová6748/
Kavacs6742/
Kovãcs6730/
Kovàcs678/
Kovocs675/
Kovâcs674/
Kovazh674/
Kovatšová672/
Kovauc671/
Kotvač671/
Covatz671/
Kòvacs671/
Kabáts671/
Kovaçh671/
Cobats670/

Kovats Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovats in the Russian language
Ковацkovac-

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