Ovsiak Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Ovsiak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovsiak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2021:225,36030,007
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Ovšiak (1) are calculated separately.

Ovsiak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ovsiak Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ovsiak is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can also be found as: Ovšiak. For other possible spellings of Ovsiak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovsiak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,092,155th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ovsiak are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 225,360. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 35 percent live, Lviv Oblast, where 27 percent live and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 8 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ovšiak941/
Ovsak91266/
Owsiak831,401/
Ovshak8361/
Ovsyak8323/
Ofsiak837/
Opsiak831/
Ovsiaková8027/
Ovsiakova809/
Avsak7330/
Ovsag7325/
Ovsák7312/
Ovšak739/
Ofsak735/
Ovsaková712/
Ovsakova712/
Havsak6751/
Owszak6711/
Owsiok6711/
Ovsyakova674/
Ovchak672/
Aavsak672/
Apsiak671/
Avshak671/
Ovszák671/
Ovszakova671/

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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 Ovsiak
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