Kowal Surname

16,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,820 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kowal Surname Definition:

(Polish) The worker in metals, a smith.

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Kowal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland19,9521:1,905146
United States6,4801:55,9356,677
Canada1,4691:25,0823,378
Germany1,1381:70,7439,001
Iran8201:93,6379,349
France7671:86,60112,355
England4271:130,48712,922
Argentina2621:163,14313,730
Indonesia2471:535,42243,307
Australia1921:140,60315,124
Yemen1391:190,1108,323
Papua New Guinea1371:59,5167,632
Brazil1261:1,699,00355,624
Mauritius1061:12,2022,656
Belgium931:123,62018,077
Scotland461:116,3877,543
Austria431:198,03324,866
Norway411:125,42216,333
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Czechia281:379,76744,481
Chile271:652,46215,367
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Denmark231:245,42219,084
India171:45,121,493474,784
Iceland171:22,3581,772
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Wales51:618,90625,852
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guam11:160,1214,893
Malta11:430,2723,380
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Kowal means 'blacksmith' in Polish. Kowalski means 'blacksmith student'.

- matieez

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kowald911,788/
Kowall91956/
Khowal91485/
Koswal91146/
Kowale91105/
Kowahl9154/
Kowalt9111/
Kowail918/
Koiwal913/
Kouwal912/
Kohwal911/
Khoiwal8376/
Kowalle8317/
Koshwal8316/
Kohwald8313/
Khowale8311/
Koswald8310/
Khoowal836/
Kowhale834/
Kohwalt833/
Khohwal831/
Kowalhs831/
Koswalt831/
Koval80133,538/
Kewal805,510/
Kowol803,608/
Kawal802,324/
Cowal80215/
Kuwal8092/
Qowal802/
Kował801/
Kowalová7775/
Kowalowa775/
Kowalova773/
Kawale739,101/
Kovale73915/
Kuwale73691/
Kowoll73424/
Kawall73367/
Kovall73261/
Khoval73260/
Kowohl73171/
Cowall73104/
Khawal7372/
Kuwail7338/
Khewal7335/
Kowole7326/
Koveal7325/
Kovalt7323/
Kawwal7319/
Koeval7319/
Kauwal7315/
Kuwald7314/
Kuwayl7313/
Kuwall7313/
Kahwal7311/
Kovhal738/
Kovald735/
Koweil735/
Kawaal735/
Koival734/
Kujwal734/
Keewal733/
Kooval732/
Kojval732/
Kawalh732/
Kawhal731/
Kaewal731/
Kewaal731/
Kewahl731/
Kewall731/
Kovail731/
Kovayl731/
Koybal731/
Cowale731/
Coweal731/
Kawahl731/
Kawail731/
Kowold731/
Kawual731/
Couwal731/
Kouval731/
Koschwall712/
Koschwald711/
Kovhale67760/
Khawale67540/
Khoival67333/
Kawaile67162/
Koubail67136/
Kotvald6755/
Kawalle6747/
Khuwail6738/
Kauwale6728/
Keuwald6720/
Kawhale6719/
Cowhall6713/
Khovale6712/
Kotvale6711/
Kotvalt679/
Kawalth678/
Kootval677/
Kovalle674/
Kawalhe674/
Khuwale674/
Kuwaldt674/
Åkewall674/
Kawaale673/
Khaswal672/
Kahwale672/
Koiwoul672/
Khoubal672/
Kauswal671/
Khawaal671/
Khoeval671/
Kothual671/
Kottval671/
Kuswale671/
Kouwole671/
Kawuale671/
Kovacil671/
Cowgall670/
Kuchwal670/
Coswall670/

Kowal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kowal in the Marathi language
कोवालkovala-

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