Sahovic Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sahovic Surname User-submission:

The Sahovic surname comes from the word šah (sah), which means 'chess'.

Sahovic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Denmark71:806,38843,211
England31:18,572,686338,250
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Sahović (25), Sahoviç (1), Šahović (553) & Şahoviç (1) are calculated separately.

Sahovic Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sahovic surname comes from the word šah (sah), which means 'chess'.

- minasahovic

Sahovic Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sahovic is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sahović, Sahoviç, Šahović or Şahoviç. For other potential spellings of Sahovic click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sahovic? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 46 percent of Sahovic reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 10,983,604. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 30 percent live, Georgia, where 21 percent live and New Jersey, where 15 percent live. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Sahovic Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sahovic last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.82% registered with the party.

Sahovic earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.36% less than the national average, earning $40,838 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sahović9525/
Sahoviç951/
Sahovici9310/
Sahovich935/
Šahović90553/
Şahoviç901/
Saijhovic887/
Shahovich882/
Jahovic86124/
Zahovic8623/
Sohovic861/
Sohovich80134/
Sajgovic809/
Shahoviq803/
Sahowicz802/
Jahovics801/
Sauhowicz750/
Zahović71117/
Johovic7118/
Jahoviq7116/
Shaoviq713/
Saowict711/
Jahovik711/
Cohovic710/
Sajowicz671/

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Footnotes

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