Kovecses Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kovecses Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovecses Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Kövecses (581) are calculated separately.

Kovecses Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovecses occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Kövecses. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovecses? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kovecses is the 1,871,545th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Kovecses reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 6,838,848. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 28 percent are found, New Jersey, where 15 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 percent are found and Hungary, where 10 percent are found.

Kovecses Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kovecses are 23.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kovecses earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 57.07% more than the national average, earning $67,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.3% less than the national average, earning $40,592 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kövecses96581/
Kovesces881/
Kovecsesova841/
Kovecsi8078/
Kövecsesová741/
Kovacsiss7119/
Cavieces631/
Covecci531/
Cavecche5023/
Cowakces508/

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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 Kovecses
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