Ovanya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ovanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ovanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ovanya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovanya? popularity and diffusion
Ovanya is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ovanya live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ovanya is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obanya | 83 | 1,070 | / |
| Avanya | 83 | 31 | / |
| Ovonya | 83 | 21 | / |
| Owanya | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ovanja | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ovania | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gobanya | 77 | 832 | / |
| Onpanya | 77 | 16 | / |
| Obannya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hovania | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obasnya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gavanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oswanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obanyas | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ovaña | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hompanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ounpanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oonpanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Govgania | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hosvania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abanya | 67 | 803 | / |
| Obania | 67 | 349 | / |
| Awanya | 67 | 117 | / |
| Obonya | 67 | 87 | / |
| Abonya | 67 | 57 | / |
| Avania | 67 | 31 | / |
| Obanyo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Obanja | 67 | 14 | / |
| Awonya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Owanyo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Owanja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Avanja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ovanio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avanha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obanea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avanyo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ovanya
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