Cova surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cova surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 389 people carried this name — #50,468 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Cova.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Loire-Atlantique 7
Moselle 5
Paris 4
Seine-Maritime 4
Hérault 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Gard 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

32 people named Cova live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 12
Bern 5
Geneva 5
Zurich 4
Schwyz 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

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