Kovaľ Surname
Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname
Kovaľ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 995 | 1:5,363 | 429 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Kováľ (5) & Kovaĺ (2) are calculated separately.
Kovaľ (38) may also be a first name.
Kovaľ Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovaľ Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovaľ is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Kováľ or Kovaĺ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovaľ? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kovaľ is the 361,698th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kovaľ are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Kovaľ is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 38 people.
The surname Kovaľ is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 995 people, or 1 in 5,363. In Slovakia Kovaľ is most numerous in: Prešov Region, where 75 percent live, Košice Region, where 19 percent live and Bratislava Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Slovakia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 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 Kovaľ
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