Oitaven Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Portugal

Oitaven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oitaven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1321:354,18220,197
Brazil1011:2,119,54866,584
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Oitavén (31) are calculated separately.

Oitaven Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oitaven Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Oitaven is found in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Oitavén. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oitaven? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 902,012th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Oitaven reside; 57 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 57 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 354,182. In Spain Oitaven is most common in: Galicia, where 98 percent reside, Andalusia, where 1 percent reside and Catalonia, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Spain this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 34 percent reside and Portugal, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oitavén9531/
Otaven921/
Oitavem8640/
Gitaven861/
Otavien861/
Jittaven803/
Otavin77176/
Otavyn778/
Otavina71157/
Otavyna7110/
Athaven715/
Otavine713/
Istavin712/
Ostavin712/
Itabene712/
Otovene711/
Estaven711/
Etavien711/
Uithoven67268/
Oetavina6735/
Jittavin671/
Ottavine671/
Gitabhen671/
Gathaven671/
Estavean671/
Gattaven670/

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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 Oitaven
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