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    The surname Kovar

    A surname, carried by 2,473 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K160

    Kovar: #12,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kovar #12,531, 2,473 people Kovar: #12,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kovar #12,531, 2,473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kovar is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Kovář or Slovak Kovár.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,473 people named Kovar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,424.

    #12,531
    rank among US surnames
    2,473
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,837)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,525Mendivil2,474124,796
    #12,531Pompey2,473124,847
    #12,536Dahlin2,472124,897
    #12,540Volker2,471124,948

    Who is named Kovar

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

    95% of people named Kovar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kovar come from?
    From Czech Kovář or Slovak Kovár.
    How common is the surname Kovar?
    2,473 people in the United States had the surname Kovar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. It ranked 12,531st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kovar?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kovar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kovar getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,473 in 2010, up 2.0%.