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.

Kovše Surname Distribution Map

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

Kovše (Marathi: कोवासे) occurs most in Slovenia. It may occur as: Kovse. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovše? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kovše is the 518,137th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. The last name Kovše is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kovše are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 4,012. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Savinja, where 55 percent live, Drava, where 23 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 12 percent live. Besides Slovenia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovse9312/
Kovš892/
Kopše80313/
Kovša8061/
Kobše807/
Kovce805/
Kovces731/
Kovsher67433/
Kovšová6724/
Kovs6710/
Koupšet676/
Kovz676/
Kovcheh675/
Kovšova674/
Kovcher672/
Kovchey671/

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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