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 surname Ovestad has its highest incidence in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovestad? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 767,694th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ovestad are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 209,217. In Iran Ovestad 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. Not including Iran this surname exists 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis