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 is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ovona.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ovona is the 704,927th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,476,129 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ovona reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ovona is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 402 people, or 1 in 97,113. In Uganda Ovona is primarily concentrated in: Zombo District, where 22 percent are found, Nebbi District, where 21 percent are found and Hoima District, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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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