Kövesdi Surname
Approximately 2,254 people bear this surname
Kövesdi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 2,175 | 1:4,513 | 525 |
| Slovakia | 42 | 1:127,058 | 23,432 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
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.
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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 Kövesdi
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