Sova
English
editEtymology
editFrom Czech sova (“owl”), Slovak sova (“owl”), Serbo-Croatian sova (“owl”), Slovene sova (“owl”), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.
Proper noun
editSova (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
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom a Sami name (Northern Sami Čoavvá).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSova
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection 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
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Czech
- English terms derived from Slovak
- English terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- English terms derived from Slovene
- English terms derived from Polish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Czech
- Finnish terms derived from Sami languages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oʋɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/oʋɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish koira-type nominals