Kovzh Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Kovzh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Kovzh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovzh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovzh (Russian: Ковж) is carried by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kovzh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovzh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kovzh is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Kovzh reside; 75 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 75 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
Kovzh is most frequently used in Belarus, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,750,530. In Belarus it is mostly found in: Brest Region, where 50 percent reside and Grodno Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Belarus this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 25 percent reside and Ukraine, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovzh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovzh in the Russian language | ||
| Ковж | kovz | - |
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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 Kovzh
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