Ovejo Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Ovejo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovejo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Ovejo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ovejo is more frequently found in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovejo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Ovejo occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Ovejo are found; 95 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name Ovejo is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,226,287. In Spain Ovejo is mostly concentrated in: Catalonia, where 52 percent are found and Madrid, where 48 percent are found. Outside of Spain this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Colombia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oviejo911/
Ovej891/
Obejo80280/
Oveja80181/
Oveso8093/
Oveje8023/
Avejo8019/
Hovej8013/
Ovezo8011/
Ovojo804/
Ovejh803/
Owejo802/
Ovujo802/
Ovejas73644/
Oviezo737/
Ovesco733/
Awoejo732/
Ovesuo732/
Ovejhe732/
Obejos732/
Osbejo731/
Goveio731/
Ovujjo731/
Ovijio731/
Obejjo731/
Obejuo731/
Ovieyo731/
Ovieja731/
Ojuejo731/
Ovedja731/
Ovie6713,547/
Ovey671,717/
Ovee671,359/
Ovye67240/
Ovoi67222/
Avej67102/
Ovea6776/
Ovoa6754/
Ovou6745/
Ovei6716/
Obej676/
Ovue676/
Evej673/
Ovoy673/
Gouveio673/
Ovae673/
Gouveja672/
Hoveije672/
Hovesou671/
Ovajjou671/
Ovoe671/
Ovuj671/
Ovaj671/

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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 Ovejo
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