Sovy Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Sovy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sovy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France871:763,48093,619
Indonesia381:3,480,242186,493
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Sovy (298) may also be a first name.

Sovy Last Name Facts

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

Sovy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ, Russian: Совы) is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sovy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,497,948th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. Sovy is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Sovy live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 510,666th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 298 people.

The surname is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 763,480. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 20 percent live and Brittany, where 20 percent live. Apart from France this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 percent live.

Sovy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sovy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sovy surname declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sovey89471/
Souvy89254/
Sovay89112/
Sovyt8953/
Shovy8916/
Sovoy892/
Soviy891/
Souvay80671/
Sovych80548/
Shovey8033/
Souvyi809/
Souvey808/
Sovaya805/
Siovey803/
Schovy801/
Soveyd801/
Soveys800/
Savy754,954/
Sovi753,805/
Soby751,775/
Sove75286/
Sowy7522/
Schovey7323/
Sovhaya731/
Sobhy67178,189/
Savoy6714,456/
Sobey672,703/
Sovet671,627/
Sovis671,520/
Savay671,230/
Shove671,091/
Souvi671,006/
Savey67897/
Sobay67807/
Saboy67711/
Sovea67617/
Soboy67600/
Sovie67527/
Souva67407/
Sosby67397/
Sover67273/
Soyba67265/
Soviš67222/
Sawoy67214/
Sooby67189/
Soway67184/
Sauvy67182/
Souve67123/
Siova67118/
Shoby67106/
Siove67105/
Suova6797/
Soive6774/
Shovi6752/
Sovha6752/
Sovio6751/
Siovi6743/
Sovit6736/
Sowoy6735/
Souby6735/
Soova6727/
Sovee6723/
Sohvi6723/
Soove6722/
Sávay6718/
Sovii6718/
Soivi6717/
Sobiy6716/
Soveľ6716/
Savyo6715/
Shavy6712/
Savyi6712/
Sowey6711/
Showy6711/
Soves6711/
Sovai6710/
Savyt679/
Soiva679/
Sovei678/
Saviy677/
Soovi677/
Siavy677/
Sovaj676/
Sohby676/
Szoby676/
Soved675/
Sovaa673/
Sovoyová673/
Sovhe672/
Sovid672/
Sosve672/
Chovy672/
Sobyo672/
Savuy672/
Hsove671/
Sovui671/
Soyue671/
Schovaya671/
Sobyś671/
Sowuy671/
Sowyi671/
Soveh671/
Ssove671/
Sávoy671/
Sovoi671/
Sovuj671/
Sgove671/
Sotby671/
Saavy670/
Zovey670/

Sovy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sovy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲalswfy-
Sovy in the Russian language
Совыsovy-

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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 Sovy
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