Ovadje Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Ovadje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 415 | 1:426,850 | 22,077 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ovadje (11) may also be a first name.
Ovadje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovadje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ovadje is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ovadje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovadje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 683,026th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ovadje reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 415 people, or 1 in 426,850. In Nigeria Ovadje is most prevalent in: Delta, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Edo, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ovadje
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