Kovćalija Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kovćalija Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovćalija Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina121:294,70012,460
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997

The alternate forms: Kovčalija (234) & Kovcalija (3) are calculated separately.

Kovćalija Last Name Facts

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

Kovćalija is held by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kovčalija or Kovcalija. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovćalija? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kovćalija live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 294,700. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovčalija96234/
Kovcalija963/
Kopćalija8910/
Kopčalija7813/
Kopcalija782/

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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 Kovćalija
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