Ovire Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Ovire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 186 | 1:952,380 | 40,741 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ovire (70) may also be a first name.
Ovire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovire is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,235,409th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ovire reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 70 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 952,380. In Nigeria Ovire is most prevalent in: Delta, where 63 percent live, Edo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ovire
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