Kovać Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Kovać Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 140 | 1:25,260 | 4,145 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Kovač (26,463), Kovac (10,309), Kovaç (161), Kováć (1), Kováč (14,535) & Kovác (21) are calculated separately.
Kovać Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovać Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kovać occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Kovač, Kovac, Kovaç, Kováć, Kováč or Kovác. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovać? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Kovać is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kovać live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Kovać is most frequently occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 25,260. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Kovać is most numerous in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent live. Excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina Kovać occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 9 percent live and Slovenia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kovać
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