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Family name Ovadya (עובדיה , Ovadya ) , in the entire world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Ovadya is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Turkey, where it is a rare surname, and Italy, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Israel, Turkey, and the United States. Very seldom, Ovadya is the forename as well as the last name.