How common is the surname Koval?

4,855 people in the United States had the surname Koval in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,593 Americans. It ranked 6,912th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Koval?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Koval identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Koval?

George Koval, American and Soviet intelligence officer (1913–2006), followed by Vitali Koval.

Where is the surname Koval most common?

Wikidata records people named Koval in the Soviet Union and Russia.

Is the surname Koval getting more or less common?

More common. 4,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,855 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Koval

An Ukrainian surname, carried by 4,855 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koval is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Ukrainian origin

From Ukrainian Коваль (Kovalʹ, “blacksmith”).

One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,855 people named Koval in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,593 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,578.

#6,912

rank among US surnames

4,855

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,903	Eades	4,870	63,397
#6,904	Heyward	4,867	63,437
#6,905	Jaworski	4,865	63,463
#6,906	Hom	4,863	63,489
#6,907	Eberhart	4,862	63,502
#6,908	Martí	4,860	63,528
#6,909	Swinney	4,856	63,580

Who is named Koval

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Koval identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kovals

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Koval
American and Soviet intelligence officer (1913–2006)
Vitali Koval
Belarusian ice hockey player, born 1980

Notable Kovals come mostly from the Soviet Union (1) and Russia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Kowal

Koval has the Soundex code K140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K140.

Other Ukrainian surnames

All 22 Ukrainian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Koval come from?: From Ukrainian Коваль (Kovalʹ, “blacksmith”).
How common is the surname Koval?: 4,855 people in the United States had the surname Koval in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,593 Americans. It ranked 6,912th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Koval?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Koval identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Koval?: George Koval, American and Soviet intelligence officer (1913–2006), followed by Vitali Koval.
Where is the surname Koval most common?: Wikidata records people named Koval in the Soviet Union and Russia.
Is the surname Koval getting more or less common?: More common. 4,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,855 in 2010, up 6.1%.
What are other spellings of Koval?: Kowal.