Scovia Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Scovia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Scovia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4151:111,2779,493
Uganda1201:325,32721,922
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Scovia (275,883) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Scovia Demographics

Scovia Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 19 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Scovia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scovia occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scovia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 571,325th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name Scovia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Scovia live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,808th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 275,883 people.

Scovia is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 415 people, or 1 in 111,277. In Kenya Scovia is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 82 percent live, Migori County, where 12 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent live and Rwanda, where 2 percent live.

Scovia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Scovia surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scoviah927/
Scgovia925/
Schovia925/
Scoviaz921/
Scavia83182/
Scobia832/
Scovio831/
Skovia831/
Scovya831/
Scavio67164/
Scabia67109/
Scoveo671/
Schavio6214/
Scabio50243/
Skabia502/
Scábio501/
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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 Scovia
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