Ovčina Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ovčina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovčina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina3501:10,1042,028
Croatia591:71,67112,734
Slovenia191:130,93012,952
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Ovcina (271) & Ovćina (2) are calculated separately.

Ovčina Last Name Facts

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

Ovčina is more commonly found in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Ovcina or Ovćina. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovčina? popularity and diffusion

It is the 678,631st most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ovčina live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 10,104. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 90 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 10 percent are found. Beside Bosnia and Herzegovina Ovčina exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 13 percent are found and Slovenia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ovcina94271/
Ovćina942/
Občina831/
Ovtsina7732/
Ovchina7712/
Ovcin73140/
Avčin7328/
Ovzin731/
Ovcinova711/
Ovčinová711/
Obzina6776/
Obcina6764/
Avzina6758/
Ovtsinova6743/
Ovtsin6733/
Ovchin6719/
Općina674/
Ovcena672/
Avcina671/
Opcina671/

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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 Ovčina
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