Iovana Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Iovana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 123 | 1:163,235 | 16,981 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iovana (342) may also be a first name.
Iovana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iovana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iovana (Georgian: იოვანა) occurs most in Romania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iovana? popularity and diffusion
Iovana is the 1,604,449th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. Iovana occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Iovana reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Iovana is also the 472,030th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 342 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 163,235. In Romania Iovana is mostly concentrated in: Sibiu County, where 44 percent are found, Mehedinți County, where 36 percent are found and Gorj County, where 20 percent are found. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iovana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iovana in the Georgian language | ||
| იოვანა | iovana | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Iovana
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