Ovelha Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Ovelha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ovelha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovelha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ovelha has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovelha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Ovelha are found; 63 percent are found in South America and 63 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name Ovelha is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 17,839,528. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 17 percent live and São Paulo, where 17 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 21 percent live and Switzerland, where 11 percent live.
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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 Ovelha
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