Ovona Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Ovona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 402 | 1:97,113 | 9,840 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ovona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovona occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ovona is the 704,927th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ovona reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Ovona is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 402 people, or 1 in 97,113. In Uganda Ovona is most prevalent in: Zombo District, where 22 percent reside, Nebbi District, where 21 percent reside and Hoima District, where 19 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ovona
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