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.

Scovia Surname Distribution Map

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.

Scovia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scovia is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Scovia.

How Common Is The Last Name Scovia? popularity and diffusion

Scovia is the 571,325th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name Scovia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Scovia are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Scovia is also the 3,808th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 275,883 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 415 people, or 1 in 111,277. In Kenya Scovia is mostly found in: Busia County, where 82 percent reside, Migori County, where 12 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent reside and Rwanda, where 2 percent reside.

Scovia Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

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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