Kovay Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kovay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kovay (5) may also be a first name.
Kovay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kovay (Russian: Ковай) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kovay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kovay is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 60 percent of Kovay live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 5 people.
This last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Kovay is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live. Outside of India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovay in the Russian language | ||
| Ковай | kovaj | - |
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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 Kovay
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