Ovien Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Ovien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 377 | 1:469,875 | 23,724 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ovien (112) may also be a first name.
Ovien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovien occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovien? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 723,769th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. Ovien occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ovien live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 885,979th most frequent first name globally, borne by 112 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 377 people, or 1 in 469,875. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 61 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Plateau, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Ovien Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ovien has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ovien surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ovien
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