Ovigue Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Ovigue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
Ovigue (692) may also be a first name.
Ovigue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovigue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovigue is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovigue? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,281,391st most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ovigue reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 314,325th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 692 people.
Ovigue is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 53 percent live, Edo, where 33 percent live and Ekiti, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovuigue | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ovigwe | 83 | 95 | / |
| Ovique | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ovigve | 83 | 1 | / |
| Avigue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Auvigue | 77 | 49 | / |
| Ovinque | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ovighwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gobigue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obigwue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Govig | 73 | 197 | / |
| Hovig | 73 | 95 | / |
| Ovike | 73 | 35 | / |
| Obiegwue | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ouviques | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obigwe | 67 | 795 | / |
| Ovuike | 67 | 150 | / |
| Avigbe | 67 | 105 | / |
| Abigue | 67 | 49 | / |
| Avegue | 67 | 33 | / |
| Obikue | 67 | 18 | / |
| Houvig | 67 | 17 | / |
| Avique | 67 | 5 | / |
| Obique | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obegue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owigbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owigwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovicke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovikwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovegbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obigbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovitke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Govaig | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gouvig | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ovigue
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