Overe Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Overe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 153 | 1:1,157,796 | 47,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Overe (11) may also be a first name.
Overe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Overe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Overe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Overe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,244,200th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname Overe is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Overe reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 11 people.
The last name Overe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 1,157,796. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Overe
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