Kovess Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Kovess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kövess (12) are calculated separately.
Kovess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovess is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Kövess. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovess? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Kovess reside; 90 percent reside in Australasia and 90 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name is most common in Australia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 1,038,296. In Australia Kovess is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 100 percent live. Excluding Australia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 3 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kovess
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