How common is the surname Sova?

2,200 people in the United States had the surname Sova in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,339 Americans. It ranked 13,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sova?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sova identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sova getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,200 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Sova

A Czech surname, carried by 2,200 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sova is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

From Czech sova (“owl”), Slovak sova (“owl”), Serbo-Croatian sova (“owl”), Slovene sova (“owl”), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,200 people named Sova in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,339 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,220.

#13,752

rank among US surnames

2,200

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,746	Beaird	2,201	140,275
#13,752	Sova	2,200	140,339
#13,759	Baumer	2,199	140,403

Who is named Sova

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

94% of people named Sova identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Sova

Savoie

Sova has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sova come from?: From Czech sova (“owl”), Slovak sova (“owl”), Serbo-Croatian sova (“owl”), Slovene sova (“owl”), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.
How common is the surname Sova?: 2,200 people in the United States had the surname Sova in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,339 Americans. It ranked 13,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sova?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sova identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sova getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,200 in 2010, down 0.9%.