Rova Surname
Approximately 9,536 people bear this surname
Rova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 6,985 | 1:3,386 | 714 |
| Sweden | 669 | 1:14,719 | 1,255 |
| Papua New Guinea | 352 | 1:23,164 | 2,530 |
| Fiji | 314 | 1:2,848 | 493 |
| United States | 175 | 1:2,071,194 | 131,950 |
| Zimbabwe | 169 | 1:91,351 | 13,091 |
| Greece | 141 | 1:78,580 | 13,253 |
| Italy | 117 | 1:522,707 | 51,899 |
| India | 104 | 1:7,375,629 | 160,209 |
| Argentina | 94 | 1:454,717 | 34,122 |
| Finland | 78 | 1:70,471 | 7,855 |
| Solomon Islands | 62 | 1:9,355 | 1,591 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Albania | 17 | 1:171,415 | 12,549 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
The alternate forms: Rová (1) are calculated separately.
Rova (49,588) may also be a first name.
Rova Demographics
Rova Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Rova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rova (Georgian: როვა, Hindi: रोवा, Marathi: रोवा, Russian: Рова) is found most frequently in Madagascar. It can appear in the variant forms: Rová. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rova.
How Common Is The Last Name Rova? popularity and diffusion
It is the 53,532nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 764,214 people. The surname Rova is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Rova reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in Barito Africa. It is also the 18,627th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 49,588 people.
Rova is most widely held in Madagascar, where it is borne by 6,985 people, or 1 in 3,386. Barring Madagascar this surname is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Rova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Rova last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rova earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 16.43% less than the national average, earning $36,059 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.25% more than the national average, earning $63,223 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rova in the Georgian language | ||
| როვა | rova | - |
| Rova in the Marathi language | ||
| रोवा | rova | - |
| Rova in the Hindi language | ||
| रोवा | rova | 97.62 |
| रोव | rova | 2.38 |
| Rova in the Russian language | ||
| Рова | rova | - |
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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 Rova
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