Ovestad Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Ovestad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 367 | 1:209,217 | 16,657 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ovestad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovestad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovestad is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovestad? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ovestad is the 767,694th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ovestad reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 209,217. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Bushehr Province, where 32 percent are found, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 13 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hovestad | 93 | 626 | / |
| Ovestadt | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ovesta | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hovestadt | 88 | 755 | / |
| Ovestah | 86 | 11 | / |
| Oveta | 83 | 62 | / |
| Hoevestadt | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ovestach | 80 | 536 | / |
| Hovetadt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Havestad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Avesta | 77 | 153 | / |
| Ovieta | 77 | 47 | / |
| Otveta | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ovetta | 77 | 6 | / |
| Goveta | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ovesto | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oveuta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obesta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aasvestad | 75 | 78 | / |
| Havestadt | 75 | 18 | / |
| Hevestadt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Asvesta | 71 | 615 | / |
| Aviesta | 71 | 34 | / |
| Atvesta | 71 | 7 | / |
| Avestas | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gouveta | 71 | 4 | / |
| Govetta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aveusta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oubesta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obeta | 67 | 8,056 | / |
| Asvestas | 67 | 1,258 | / |
| Aveta | 67 | 541 | / |
| Oweta | 67 | 443 | / |
| Ovita | 67 | 282 | / |
| Oveto | 67 | 43 | / |
| Gabestad | 67 | 38 | / |
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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 Ovestad
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