Sova
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Czech sova (“owl”), Slovak sova (“owl”), Serbo-Croatian sova (“owl”), Slovene sova (“owl”), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.
Proper noun
[edit]Sova (plural Sovas)
- A surname from Czech.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sova is the 13752nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2200 individuals. Sova is most common among White (93.95%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sova”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Sami name (Northern Sami Čoavvá).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sova
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Sova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sova | Sovat | |
genitive | Sovan | Sovien | |
partitive | Sovaa | Sovia | |
illative | Sovaan | Soviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sova | Sovat | |
accusative | nom. | Sova | Sovat |
gen. | Sovan | ||
genitive | Sovan | Sovien Sovain rare | |
partitive | Sovaa | Sovia | |
inessive | Sovassa | Sovissa | |
elative | Sovasta | Sovista | |
illative | Sovaan | Soviin | |
adessive | Sovalla | Sovilla | |
ablative | Sovalta | Sovilta | |
allative | Sovalle | Soville | |
essive | Sovana | Sovina | |
translative | Sovaksi | Soviksi | |
abessive | Sovatta | Sovitta | |
instructive | — | Sovin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Sova is the 3342nd (tied with 15 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 233 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sova (“owl”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sova m anim (feminine Sovová)
- a male surname
Further reading
[edit]- “Sova”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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