Kowats Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kowats Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kowats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Kowats Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kowats is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kowats? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kowats is the 2,843,861st most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Kowats occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Kowats are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Kowats is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 7,879,542. In The United States it is most frequent in: Connecticut, where 35 percent are found, Illinois, where 20 percent are found and Oregon, where 20 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Kowats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kowats has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kowats last name rose 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kowats Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kowats surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kowats earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $42,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kowatsch861,357/
Kovats831,178/
Kowatz8371/
Kowacs8352/
Kobats834/
Kowatch77561/
Kovatsh7712/
Kowascz771/
Kovauts771/
Kovatse771/
Kochwatsch7525/
Kowac7320/
Kowaz733/
Kować731/
Kovatsch71122/
Kuwatsch7164/
Kobatsch714/
Kawahsts711/
Kovacs6759,256/
Kováts672,424/
Kowacz67793/
Kowach67183/
Kavats6744/
Kovatz6711/
Kevats675/
Cowots674/
Kovatsova673/
Kowaci672/
Kovačs671/
Covats671/
Kabáts671/
Kovatsová671/
Kovatzsch671/
Kovazs671/
Kubats670/
Cobats670/

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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 Kowats
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis