Sovan Surname
Approximately 743 people bear this surname
Sovan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 199 | 1:3,854,600 | 106,004 |
| Cambodia | 148 | 1:104,643 | 2,428 |
| Romania | 121 | 1:165,933 | 17,222 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Turkey | 71 | 1:1,096,076 | 48,094 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Şovan (94), Sován (9), Šovan (1) & Sõvan (1) are calculated separately.
Sovan (22,977) may also be a first name.
Sovan Demographics
Sovan Political Affiliation
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Sovan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sovan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sovan (Bengali: শোভন, Hindi: सोवन, Marathi: सोवन, Oriya: େଶାଭନ, Russian: Сован) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Şovan, Sován, Šovan or Sõvan. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sovan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 455,757th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,808,272 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Sovan are found; 27 percent are found in South Asia and 26 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 34,044th most common forename worldwide It is held by 22,977 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 3,854,600. In India it is primarily found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 38 percent live, West Bengal, where 26 percent live and Assam, where 10 percent live. Other than India Sovan occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 20 percent live and Romania, where 16 percent live.
Sovan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sovan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sovan surname grew 521 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sovan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sovan are 0.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.94% being registered with the party.
Sovan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.6% more than the national average, earning $49,019 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sovan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sovan in the Hindi language | ||
| सोवन | sovana | 98.1 |
| सोवान | sovana | 1.11 |
| सोबन | sobana | 0.33 |
| सोवण | sovana | 0.21 |
| सोहन | sohana | 0.16 |
| Sovan in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶାଭନ | esabhana | 79.31 |
| େସାଭନ | esabhana | 20.69 |
| Sovan in the Marathi language | ||
| सोवन | sovana | 75 |
| सोवान | sovana | 20.83 |
| सोवनी | sovani | 4.17 |
| Sovan in the Bengali language | ||
| শোভন | sobhana | 66.67 |
| ছোবান | chobana | 33.33 |
| Sovan in the Russian language | ||
| Сован | sovan | - |
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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 Sovan
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