Köváry Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Hungary

Köváry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Köváry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Kőváry (113), Kövary (44), Kováry (2) & Kovary (207) are calculated separately.

Köváry Last Name Facts

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

The last name Köváry is found most in Czechia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Kőváry, Kövary, Kováry or Kovary. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Köváry? popularity and diffusion

Köváry is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Köváry is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Köváry reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 60 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,316,734. In Czechia Köváry is primarily found in: Prague, where 100 percent live. Outside of Czechia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 40 percent live and Slovakia, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kőváry94113/
Kövary9444/
Kováry942/
Kovary89207/
Kövári83165/
Kvry801/
Kövér732,967/
Kovár732,156/
Köver73538/
Kovry7365/
Kavry731/
Kővár731/
Kövir731/
Kővári673,727/
Kövari6745/
Kvr6742/
Kavery6741/
Kovrey6727/
Kevary6723/
Kovári6723/
Kyvary6713/
Kavary6711/
Kóvári6710/
Kovryh675/
Kavrya674/
Kevery673/
Kõvári672/
Kvarøy671/
Kovery671/
Khovry671/

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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 Köváry
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