Ovieghara Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ovieghara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovieghara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1481:1,196,91148,419
England31:18,572,686338,250
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ovieghara (25) may also be a first name.

Ovieghara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ovieghara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ovieghara is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovieghara? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,422,956th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Ovieghara is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ovieghara reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ovieghara is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 25 people.

Ovieghara is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 93 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Ovieghara occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ovighara941/
Oviighara891/
Obighara823/
Obegara757/
Ovegera751/
Owughara7110/
Ovaighoro671/
Avugara6352/
Ovegero6323/
Abigara631/
Avegera631/
Ewegara631/
Oweghoro5961/
Avuggara591/
Abougara591/
Oveggero591/
Abouhgara561/
Obegoro5024/

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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 Ovieghara
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