Kowaleff Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kowaleff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kowaleff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowaleff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kowaleff is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowaleff? popularity and diffusion
Kowaleff is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Kowaleff live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 821,292. In Switzerland Kowaleff is primarily found in: Canton of Solothurn, where 90 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Switzerland it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 17 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Kowaleff
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