Kovb Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kovb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kovb Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1681:270,96835,117
Belarus151:633,40454,314
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ukraine

Kovb Demographics

Kovb Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

Sample size: 7 (2016)

Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

View the most religious surnames in Ukraine

Kovb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovb (Russian: Ковб) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kovb is the 1,222,957th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Kovb are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 270,968. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Volyn Oblast, where 52 percent are found, Rivne Oblast, where 26 percent are found and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 9 percent are found. Beside Ukraine this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 8 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.

Kovb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovbs891/
Kobb75532/
Kowb7521/
Covb752/
Kavb751/
Kovv751/
Qovb751/
Kovbová733/
Kovbova732/
Kotbb671/

Kovb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovb in the Russian language
Ковбkovb-

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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 Kovb
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