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 carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ovona is the 704,927th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 17,476,129 people. The last name Ovona is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ovona reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held 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. Not including Uganda this surname is found 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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