Sovják Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Sovják Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 94 | 1:113,122 | 18,479 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
The alternate forms: Sovjak (44) are calculated separately.
Sovják Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sovják Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sovják is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Sovjak. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sovják? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname Sovják is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sovják are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Sovják is most frequent in Czechia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 113,122. In Czechia it is mostly found in: Zlín Region, where 37 percent live, South Moravian Region, where 24 percent live and Moravian-Silesian Region, where 21 percent live. Apart from Czechia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Sovják
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