Ovene Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ovene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ovene (59) may also be a first name.
Ovene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ovene occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ovene is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Ovene occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ovene live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 59 people.
The last name Ovene is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 97 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Central African Republic, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Ovene
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