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
Iovana (Georgian: იოვანა) is found most in Romania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iovana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,604,449th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. Iovana occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Iovana live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 472,030th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 342 people.
The last name Iovana is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 163,235. In Romania Iovana is mostly found in: Sibiu County, where 44 percent are found, Mehedinți County, where 36 percent are found and Gorj County, where 20 percent are found. Besides Romania Iovana occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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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