Kovelev Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kovelev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Kovelev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovelev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovelev (Russian: Ковельев) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovelev? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Kovelev occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Kovelev are found; 63 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 63 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 25 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 25 percent reside and Krasnodar Krai, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Russia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 25 percent reside and Ukraine, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovelev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovelev in the Russian language | ||
| Ковельев | kovelev | - |
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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 Kovelev
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