Kovdya Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Turkmenistan

Kovdya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kovdya 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
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664

Kovdya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovdya (Russian: Ковдя) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovdya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kovdya is the 3,185,033rd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Kovdya reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 74 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 4,649,131. In Russia Kovdya is mostly found in: Krasnodar Krai, where 45 percent reside, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where 19 percent reside and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 19 percent reside. Not including Russia Kovdya exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Turkmenistan, where 11 percent reside and Belarus, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Kavdya832/
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Kapdya678/
Kowdea674/
Kowdja671/
Kevdia671/
Khavdia624/
Koupdja621/
Koubdia621/
Kapdia50172/
Kawdia5040/
Kawdea502/
Kawdja501/
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Cavdia501/
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Kovdya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovdya in the Russian language
Ковдяkovda-

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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 Kovdya
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