Kovzan Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Kovzan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovzan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus3681:25,8184,413
Russia1971:731,58961,576
Lithuania551:55,1748,688
Ukraine151:3,034,846176,305
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

The alternate forms: Kovžan (1) are calculated separately.

Kovzan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovzan (Russian: Ковзан) occurs in Belarus more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kovžan. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovzan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kovzan is the 503,100th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Kovzan live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Kovzan is most frequent in Belarus, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 25,818. In Belarus Kovzan is most common in: Minsk Region, where 40 percent live, Vitebsk Region, where 23 percent live and Minsk, where 19 percent live. Barring Belarus this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 30 percent live and Lithuania, where 8 percent live.

Kovzan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kovzan surname is predominantly Orthodox (69%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Kovzan surname are 44.14% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 90.91% being registered to vote for the party.

Kovzan earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovžan941/
Kovzhan9210/
Kovzane921/
Kowzan83695/
Kobzan83272/
Kavzan83145/
Kovsan831/
Kovzanova801/
Kowzon6724/
Kawzan673/
Kowżan671/
Kafzan671/

Kovzan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovzan in the Russian language
Ковзанkovzan-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kovzan
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