Ovungu Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Ovungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Ovungu (21) may also be a first name.
Ovungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ovungu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ovungu is the 917,199th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ovungu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 21 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 257,420. Other than The DR Congo Ovungu is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovunu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Obungu | 83 | 876 | / |
| Avungu | 83 | 170 | / |
| Ovughu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Owungu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Avoungu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Avuungu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ovougou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ovungoo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obugu | 73 | 169 | / |
| Obunu | 73 | 102 | / |
| Avunu | 73 | 40 | / |
| Avugu | 73 | 16 | / |
| Owunu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Owugu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Avoungou | 71 | 208 | / |
| Aboungou | 71 | 53 | / |
| Owoungou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Oboungou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ewoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abungu | 67 | 1,266 | / |
| Obongu | 67 | 458 | / |
| Abongu | 67 | 204 | / |
| Abounu | 67 | 54 | / |
| Awongu | 67 | 53 | / |
| Owhunu | 67 | 28 | / |
| Owounu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ewungu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Avhunu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Avongu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gavunu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Avingu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obaugu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Avumgu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abougu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obugou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aboungous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojbugu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ovungu
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