Köwitz Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Köwitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
Köwitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Köwitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Köwitz occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Köwitz.
How Common Is The Last Name Köwitz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Köwitz are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 1,789,010. In Germany Köwitz is most numerous in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 53 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent are found and Bavaria, where 18 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Köwitz
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