Kuvelja Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kuvelja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuvelja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina851:41,6055,695
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kuvelja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kuvelja is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kuvelja.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuvelja? popularity and diffusion

Kuvelja is the 1,994,173rd most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kuvelja reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 41,605. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily concentrated in: Republika Srpska, where 100 percent are found. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Montenegro, where 1 percent are found and Serbia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuvalja86171/
Kuveljić80674/
Kobelja7130/
Cubelja711/
Cuveilje6722/
Kuweleza671/
Cuvelie5744/
Cuvilje5732/
Kobilja5714/
Cuvelier5311,274/
Cuveliez533/
Cuveilie532/
Kubeleso531/
Kubilesa531/
Kobiljha531/
Cuvellier501,333/
Cuvelliez50165/
Couvelier5015/
Cauvelier501/

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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 Kuvelja
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