Sova
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 Sovainrare | ||
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.