Kovše Surname

518,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Kovše Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kovše Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia6201:4,012723
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

The alternate forms: Kovse (12) are calculated separately.

Kovše Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovše (Marathi: कोवासे) is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Kovse. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovše? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 518,137th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kovše live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Slovenia, where it is carried by 620 people, or 1 in 4,012. In Slovenia it is most frequent in: Savinja, where 55 percent live, Drava, where 23 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 12 percent live. Not including Slovenia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovse9312/
Kovš892/
Kopše80313/
Kovša8061/
Kobše807/
Kovce805/
Kovces731/
Kovsher67433/
Kovšová6724/
Kovs6710/
Koupšet676/
Kovz676/
Kovcheh675/
Kovšova674/
Kovcher672/
Kovchey671/
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Kovše Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovše in the Marathi language
कोवासेkovase-

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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 Kovše
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