Kowal Surname
Approximately 32,820 people bear this surname
Kowal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 19,952 | 1:1,905 | 146 |
| United States | 6,480 | 1:55,935 | 6,677 |
| Canada | 1,469 | 1:25,082 | 3,378 |
| Germany | 1,138 | 1:70,743 | 9,001 |
| Iran | 820 | 1:93,637 | 9,349 |
| France | 767 | 1:86,601 | 12,355 |
| England | 427 | 1:130,487 | 12,922 |
| Argentina | 262 | 1:163,143 | 13,730 |
| Indonesia | 247 | 1:535,422 | 43,307 |
| Australia | 192 | 1:140,603 | 15,124 |
| Yemen | 139 | 1:190,110 | 8,323 |
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Brazil | 126 | 1:1,699,003 | 55,624 |
| Mauritius | 106 | 1:12,202 | 2,656 |
| Belgium | 93 | 1:123,620 | 18,077 |
| Scotland | 46 | 1:116,387 | 7,543 |
| Austria | 43 | 1:198,033 | 24,866 |
| Norway | 41 | 1:125,422 | 16,333 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Czechia | 28 | 1:379,767 | 44,481 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Iceland | 17 | 1:22,358 | 1,772 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Kowal (394) may also be a first name.
Kowal Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Polish) The worker in metals, a smith.
User-submitted Reference
Kowal means 'blacksmith' in Polish. Kowalski means 'blacksmith student'.
- matieezKowal Demographics
Average Kowal Salary in
United States
$48,106 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kowal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowal (Marathi: कोवाल) is most common in Poland. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 16,924th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 222,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Kowal reside; 61 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 61 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 435,477th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 394 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is held by 19,952 people, or 1 in 1,905. Outside of Poland this surname is found in 73 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Kowal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kowal are 0.18% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.05% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kowal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 89.65% less than the national average, earning €3,107 per year; in Norway they earn 23.64% less than the national average, earning 264,259 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.49% more than the national average, earning $48,106 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $53,747 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kowal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kowal in the Marathi language | ||
| कोवाल | kovala | - |
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Footnotes
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