Ovunwo Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Ovunwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 209 | 1:847,573 | 37,299 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ovunwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovunwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ovunwo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ovunwo.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovunwo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,121,821st most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ovunwo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 847,573. In Nigeria Ovunwo is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Ovunwo exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, 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 Ovunwo
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