Aouta Surname
Approximately 7,572 people bear this surname
Aouta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6,585 | 1:2,915 | 301 |
| Algeria | 547 | 1:70,624 | 11,466 |
| Cameroon | 201 | 1:103,329 | 12,175 |
| New Caledonia | 62 | 1:4,455 | 817 |
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| Senegal | 48 | 1:303,736 | 1,675 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Aouta (1,629) may also be a first name.
Aouta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aouta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aouta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺗﺎ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aouta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,902nd most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 962,433 people. The last name Aouta occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Aouta reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 191,171st most prevalent forename globally, borne by 1,629 people.
Aouta is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 6,585 people, or 1 in 2,915. In Niger Aouta is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 42 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 27 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 15 percent reside. Other than Niger it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aouta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aouta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺗﺎ | awta | 66.67 |
| ﺁﻭﺗﺎ | awta | 33.33 |
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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 Aouta
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