Ou Surname

318^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 1,663,139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

China

Highest density in:

Taiwan

Ou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ou Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
China	1,602,289	1:853	111
Taiwan	36,577	1:641	70
Thailand	4,467	1:15,813	1,174
Morocco	4,055	1:8,502	1,135
United States	3,944	1:91,901	10,335
Singapore	2,093	1:2,631	233
Myanmar	1,983	1:26,192	466
Hong Kong	1,701	1:4,312	221
France	878	1:75,652	10,619
Canada	828	1:44,500	5,484
Japan	743	1:172,065	8,269
Australia	527	1:51,225	6,350
Malaysia	360	1:81,928	5,766
Macau	351	1:1,714	202
Burkina Faso	243	1:75,523	2,773
Cambodia	193	1:80,244	2,208
New Zealand	168	1:26,954	4,714
Spain	164	1:285,073	17,466
England	143	1:389,637	27,109
Brazil	124	1:1,726,406	56,376
Papua New Guinea	116	1:70,291	9,164
India	105	1:7,305,385	159,213
Indonesia	105	1:1,259,516	88,308
Moldova	104	1:34,244	5,364
United Arab Emirates	89	1:102,947	8,862
Estonia	88	1:15,020	2,406
Dominican Republic	62	1:168,273	6,481
South Africa	52	1:1,041,879	63,251
Portugal	38	1:274,164	10,086
Netherlands	37	1:456,410	45,371
Suriname	32	1:17,269	4,028
Cameroon	28	1:741,752	52,682
Argentina	26	1:1,643,977	88,124
Nigeria	26	1:6,813,183	158,601
Belgium	25	1:459,866	46,150
Germany	25	1:3,220,218	147,383
Belize	24	1:14,811	1,562
Guam	21	1:7,625	1,143
Sweden	18	1:547,042	39,827
Finland	16	1:343,544	24,270
Switzerland	16	1:513,307	36,405
Venezuela	16	1:1,887,755	23,347
Niger	14	1:1,370,858	28,349
Chile	12	1:1,468,040	24,959
Denmark	12	1:470,393	30,183
Ecuador	11	1:1,445,986	17,636
Mexico	11	1:11,284,200	41,789
Scotland	11	1:486,711	19,179
Ukraine	10	1:4,552,270	216,874
Ghana	9	1:3,002,299	11,581
Solomon Islands	8	1:72,504	14,153
Vietnam	8	1:11,580,757	2,851
Costa Rica	7	1:682,867	5,051
North Macedonia	7	1:300,210	16,548
Norway	7	1:734,612	50,907
Philippines	7	1:14,462,603	238,248
American Samoa	6	1:9,293	1,961
Romania	6	1:3,346,312	56,696
Tunisia	6	1:101,771	14,710
Algeria	5	1:7,726,310	57,379
South Korea	5	1:10,248,051	1,694
Angola	4	1:6,747,304	6,999
Egypt	4	1:22,983,938	62,368
Italy	4	1:15,289,172	132,955
Mali	4	1:4,242,259	2,433
Peru	4	1:7,946,031	41,846
Sri Lanka	4	1:5,202,140	12,146
Tonga	4	1:26,828	461
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1:340,994	12,383
Wales	3	1:1,031,511	34,732
Ireland	2	1:2,354,470	19,715
Austria	2	1:4,257,718	99,224
Benin	2	1:5,167,801	84,334
Colombia	2	1:23,887,036	32,612
Pakistan	2	1:89,321,942	157,560
Poland	2	1:19,004,374	199,659
Turkey	2	1:38,910,711	171,901
Northern Ireland	1	1:1,845,036	20,648
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Chad	1	1:13,592,199	13,092
Czechia	1	1:10,633,469	206,023
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Iran	1	1:76,782,524	277,718
Israel	1	1:8,557,634	182,558
Ivory Coast	1	1:23,071,232	76,679
Jamaica	1	1:2,869,947	13,896
Kuwait	1	1:3,800,694	27,187
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Liechtenstein	1	1:38,378	1,726
Mongolia	1	1:2,825,289	17,010
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Qatar	1	1:2,357,999	76,403
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Saudi Arabia	1	1:30,855,817	63,028
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
Syria	1	1:19,301,022	22,457
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Uruguay	1	1:3,431,758	38,295
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	13	1:3,862,976	168,604

The alternate forms: Où (4) & Oȗ (3) are calculated separately.

Ou (143,316) may also be a first name.

Ou Demographics

Average Ou Salary in
United States

$47,379^USD

Per year

Rank:

496,118 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.00101941

Rank: 10,865 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

109.8%

Sample size: 1,835 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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Ou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ou Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Ou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻡ, Hindi: ओउ, Marathi: ओऊ, Oriya: ଓଉ) occurs most in China. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Où or Oȗ. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ou? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 318^th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,382 people. The last name Ou is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ou live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Ou is also the 7,312^th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 143,316 people.

Ou is most commonly used in China, where it is carried by 1,602,289 people, or 1 in 853. Apart from China this last name occurs in 104 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Ou Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Ou has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 30,338 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ou Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States Ou are 12.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.17% registered with the political party.

The amount Ou earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.7% less than the national average, earning 201,774 kr per year; in Peru they earn 2.4% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,850 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.25% less than the national average, earning R 234,672 per year; in United States they earn 9.8% more than the national average, earning $47,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.12% more than the national average, earning $54,213 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Où	83	4	/
Oȗ	83	3	/
Hou	80	4,316,647	/
Gou	80	560,541	/
Oud	80	5,223	/
Oue	80	3,704	/
Out	80	2,779	/
Ohu	80	767	/
Ous	80	549	/
Ouz	80	516	/
Ouj	80	321	/
Ouy	80	279	/
Ouh	80	169	/
Oup	80	28	/
Eou	80	15	/
Oué	80	5	/
Oux	80	2	/
O	67	1,853,071	/
U	67	304,354	/
Oued	67	60,986	/
Goue	67	13,188	/
Ouya	67	6,363	/
Hout	67	4,089	/
Houy	67	3,043	/
Houd	67	2,912	/
Ouja	67	2,886	/
Eyou	67	2,673	/
Ayou	67	1,435	/
Ouha	67	1,387	/
Houx	67	1,369	/
Ehou	67	1,300	/
Gouh	67	1,055	/
Houp	67	943	/
Houe	67	938	/
Oujo	67	661	/
Ouhe	67	611	/
Aoue	67	576	/
Hous	67	527	/
Ouss	67	502	/
Ajou	67	416	/
Ouye	67	399	/
Oudt	67	336	/
Ouch	67	187	/
Houh	67	184	/
Ouia	67	152	/
Houz	67	139	/
Aiou	67	139	/
Hohu	67	134	/
Ouji	67	112	/
Oust	67	70	/
Ouet	67	70	/
Outt	67	57	/
Oush	67	55	/
Ojuo	67	55	/
Oyau	67	53	/
Ouyo	67	50	/
Ouje	67	47	/
Oueh	67	40	/
Oyuo	67	39	/
Oudz	67	30	/
Outs	67	24	/
Oudh	67	23	/
Houé	67	20	/
Auou	67	16	/
Oues	67	16	/
Houj	67	15	/
Oiau	67	11	/
Ouie	67	10	/
Ouds	67	5	/
Youu	67	4	/
Ouiy	67	3	/
Ouez	67	3	/
Uoou	67	2	/
Ouhd	67	2	/
Hgou	67	2	/
Ouph	67	1	/
Outd	67	1	/
Ouzt	67	1	/
Eouh	67	1	/
Ouep	67	1	/
Eout	67	1	/
Ouhy	67	1	/
Ouéd	67	1	/
O'Au	67	1	/
O'Ou	67	1	/
Gouë	67	1	/
Héou	67	1	/
Eous	67	1	/
Ouyt	67	1	/
Ousj	67	1	/
Ousp	67	1	/
Ouyy	67	1	/
Ouyz	67	1	/
Ouzs	67	1	/
Oupp	67	1	/
Ouht	67	1	/
Ouhz	67	1	/
Ouii	67	1	/
Oujt	67	1	/
Oucz	67	1	/
Uouu	67	1	/
Eoux	67	1	/
Oult	67	0	/
Uoue	67	0	/

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Ou Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Ou in the Marathi language
ओऊ	o'u	-
Ou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻡ	am	71.43
ﺃﻡ	am	28.57
Ou in the Hindi language
ओउ	o'u	60
ओू	ou	40
Ou in the Oriya language
ଓଉ	o'u	33.33
ୌ	au	33.33
ଔ	au	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 Ou
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Ou Surname

Ou Surname

Ou Surname Distribution Map

Ou Demographics

$47,379 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Ou Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Ou? popularity and diffusion

Ou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

Ou Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Ou Name Transliterations

Search for Another Surname

Footnotes

$47,379^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Ou Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Ou? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Ou Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Ou Last Name Statistics ^demography