Ovola Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Ovola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ovola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovola is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ovola.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Ovola is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Ovola are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 76 percent live and Gulu District, where 21 percent live. Beside Uganda Ovola occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent live and Colombia, where 3 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 Ovola
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