Ković Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Ković Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ković Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia3781:18,9022,186
Bosnia and Herzegovina561:63,1507,008
Croatia201:211,43024,636
Slovenia81:310,95916,987
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kovic (659) & Kovič (386) are calculated separately.

Ković Last Name Facts

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

Ković occurs most in Serbia. It can be found in the variant forms: Kovic or Kovič. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ković? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 649,026th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ković are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Ković is most widely held in Serbia, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 18,902. In Serbia Ković is mostly found in: Mačva District, where 56 percent reside, Belgrade, where 13 percent reside and South Bačka District, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Serbia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 12 percent reside and Croatia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovic93659/
Kovič93386/
Kovaić91136/
Kević80512/
Kobić80235/
Cović8095/
Kavić8065/
Koviz804/
Kovich731,189/
Kahvić73544/
Kavgić73317/
Kovitz73293/
Kaević7375/
Kovits7348/
Kobaić732/
Koveci731/
Kobieć731/
Koovic731/
Kovitch67274/
Koovits6760/
Kovesci6721/
Kotvits6710/
Kotvitz677/
Kovaich676/
Kovaics671/
Khovitz671/
Khovich671/

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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 Ković
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