Kövesi Surname
Approximately 996 people bear this surname
Kövesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 976 | 1:10,058 | 1,159 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Kovesi (119) are calculated separately.
Kövesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kövesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kövesi occurs most in Hungary. It can also appear as: Kovesi. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kövesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kövesi is the 362,813th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,316,813 people. The surname Kövesi is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kövesi live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
It is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is carried by 976 people, or 1 in 10,058. In Hungary Kövesi is mostly found in: Budapest, where 26 percent reside, Pest County, where 13 percent reside and Baranya County, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Hungary this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kovesi | 94 | 119 | / |
| Kövessi | 92 | 59 | / |
| Kövesy | 83 | 30 | / |
| Kevesi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kavesi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Kövessy | 77 | 79 | / |
| Gkovesi | 77 | 30 | / |
| Kovesci | 77 | 21 | / |
| Gkavesi | 77 | 18 | / |
| Kaveshi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kovessi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kaveasi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keveshi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Köveces | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koveasi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khavesi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koveissi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kheveshi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kavasi | 67 | 10,217 | / |
| Kawesi | 67 | 3,043 | / |
| Kavosi | 67 | 914 | / |
| Kovasi | 67 | 592 | / |
| Kavisi | 67 | 534 | / |
| Kobesi | 67 | 323 | / |
| Kevasi | 67 | 107 | / |
| Kabesi | 67 | 88 | / |
| Kaveci | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kevisi | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kovesy | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kewesi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kovosi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kebesi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Covesi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kavese | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kévési | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kewasi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kewisi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kovisi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kavezi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cavesi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Koveci | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kövesi
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