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 last name Kovaľ is most common in Slovakia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kováľ or Kovaĺ. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovaľ? popularity and diffusion
It is the 361,698th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,287,546 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kovaľ reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Kovaľ is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 38 people.
It is most common in Slovakia, where it is held by 995 people, or 1 in 5,363. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 75 percent reside, Košice Region, where 19 percent reside and Bratislava Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Slovakia Kovaľ exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 0 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.
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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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