Ovyan Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Ovyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia181:208,08612,109
Armenia71:418,5978,462
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ovyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ovyan (Georgian: ოვიანი, Russian: Овян) is held by more people in Georgia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovyan? popularity and diffusion

Ovyan is the 3,485,539th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Ovyan is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Ovyan reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 56 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.

The surname is most frequently held in Georgia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 208,086. In Georgia Ovyan is mostly found in: Tbilisi, where 94 percent live and Adjara, where 6 percent live. Barring Georgia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 22 percent live and Russia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hovyan9152/
Govyan911/
Otvyan911/
Ovayian832/
Owyan80184/
Ovian80123/
Avyan8019/
Obyan808/
Ovean801/
Ovyanova775/
Osbyan73191/
Avjyan7360/
Hovian7348/
Gobyan7343/
Obyaan7322/
Oviane7317/
Hobyan7316/
Oubyan7312/
Oweyan739/
Obyane738/
Howyan735/
Obyant734/
Obyang733/
Owyant732/
Govian732/
Obyatn731/
O'Byan731/
Hovjan731/
Hobyane671,546/
Govjian6712/
Otviand6710/
Oviahan679/
Owayjan678/
Obayean673/
Hovijan672/
Aveiyan672/
Hoybian671/
Gavjyan671/
Ouwyang671/
Ovagian671/
Oweyang671/
Govihan671/
Avaiyan671/
Hobyang671/
Oshvian671/
O'Byane671/
Obaiyan671/
Hoibyan671/
Ovuhian671/
Oviaten671/
Oweyean671/
Gouvian670/
Havyoan670/

Ovyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ovyan in the Georgian language
ოვიანიoviani-
Ovyan in the Russian language
Овянovan-

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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
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  • 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 Ovyan
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