Sova

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

Sova (plural Sovas)

1. A surname from Czech.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sova is the 13752^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2200 individuals. Sova is most common among White (93.95%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sova”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• OAVs, OVAs, VOAs, avos, vaso-

From sova (“owl”).

• IPA^(key):

Sova m anim (female equivalent Sovová)

1. a male surname

• “Sova”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399

From a Sami name (Northern Sami Čoavvá).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): So‧va
• Hyphenation^(key): So‧va

Sova

1. a Finnish surname

• Sova is the 3342^nd (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.

From sova (“owl”).

• IPA^(key):

Sova m pers (female equivalent Sovová)

1. a male surname

• “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, 2003–2025