Sova

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sova"

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sova (plural Sovas)

1. A surname from Czech.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• OAVs, OVAs, VOAs, avos, vaso-

Czech

Etymology

From sova (“owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsova]

Proper noun

Sova m anim (female equivalent Sovová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sova (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sova	Sovové
genitive	Sovy	Sovů
dative	Sovovi	Sovům
accusative	Sovu	Sovy
vocative	Sovo	Sovové
locative	Sovovi	Sovech
instrumental	Sovou	Sovy

Further reading

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