Ovurevu Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ovurevu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovurevu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2281:776,94234,923
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ovurevu (121) may also be a first name.

Ovurevu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ovurevu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovurevu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,079,669th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ovurevu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ovurevu is also the 848,089th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 121 people.

The surname Ovurevu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 81 percent live, Ondo, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Ovurevu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ovurevu last name is chiefly Muslim (71%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ovuerevu931/
Ovuruvu8610/
Ovorevu864/
Ovurevo864/
Uvurevu861/
Ovuervu861/
Ovrev836/
Ophurevu8016/
Ovraev7711/
Ovreva775/
Oburebu7121/
Ovurhievwe7117/
Ovraeva7110/
Ovuruvo714/
Ovirevi711/
Ovuerevwie711/
Avurevi711/
Overuvu711/
Aovarev711/
Evrev6722/
Ovuoraevwie6716/
Ovrov6711/
Avrev676/
Iouferev672/
Ovuravwe671/
Ivrev671/
Ovrav671/
Ahworhevu631/

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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 Ovurevu
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