Kövesdi Surname

187,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kövesdi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kövesdi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary2,1751:4,513525
Slovakia421:127,05823,432
Austria231:370,23639,193
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Kovesdi (205) & Kövešdi (2) are calculated separately.

Kövesdi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kövesdi is found most in Hungary. It can appear as a variant: Kovesdi or Kövešdi. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kövesdi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 187,667th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,233,161 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kövesdi live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Hungary, where it is held by 2,175 people, or 1 in 4,513. In Hungary Kövesdi is most numerous in: Pest County, where 20 percent reside, Budapest, where 18 percent reside and Bács-Kiskun County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Hungary it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovesdi95205/
Kövešdi952/
Kövezsdi9310/
Kövesdy86124/
Kevesdi862/
Kavedi7761/
Kovesdy71100/
Kevešdi7113/
Kaveedi7112/
Kevesdy7110/
Keveždi714/
Kevezdi712/
Köveždy712/
Kevezhdi6719/
Kovesday674/
Kavedhiy673/
Koevesdy672/
Khevhedi671/

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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 Kövesdi
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