Kovessi Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Benin

Kovessi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovessi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Kövessi (59) are calculated separately.

Kovessi Last Name Facts

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

Kovessi is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Kövessi. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovessi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Kovessi occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kovessi are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Kovessi is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Kovessi is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 100 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent reside and Romania, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Kovessi
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