Ovara Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Ovara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 168 | 1:1,054,421 | 44,098 |
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ovara (84) may also be a first name.
Ovara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovara (Marathi: ओवरा) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovara? popularity and diffusion
Ovara is the 893,754th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name Ovara is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Ovara live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 84 people.
The surname Ovara is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 51 percent reside, Edo, where 23 percent reside and Ekiti, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 36 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ovara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ovara in the Marathi language | ||
| ओवरा | ovara | - |
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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 Ovara
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