Kowanitsch Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Kowanitsch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kowanitsch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria161:532,21549,801
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kowanitsch Last Name Facts

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

Kowanitsch is carried by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kowanitsch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Kowanitsch live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Austria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 532,215. In Austria Kowanitsch is mostly found in: Lower Austria, where 100 percent live. Apart from Austria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kobanitsch902/
Kowanich892/
Kowwanich842/
Kovanitch841/
Kowanic828/
Kovanich7820/
Kawanich782/
Kowaniec781/
Kovganich7463/
Cowwanich7429/
Koyvanich7415/
Kowanietz742/
Kovanis71405/
Kovanic7193/
Kowanes7141/
Kowanec7137/
Kowanetz67144/
Kobanets6734/
Gkovanis6721/
Kovanets6713/
Kovanitz6712/
Kabanich675/
Kavanish674/
Kobanych674/
Covanich672/
Kovanics672/
Kavanich671/
Khawanis671/
Cowaniec671/

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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 Kowanitsch
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