Ouaba Surname
Approximately 2,050 people bear this surname
Ouaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,807 | 1:10,156 | 924 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ouaba (52) may also be a first name.
Ouaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouaba occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 203,032nd most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,554,900 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouaba are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 52 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 1,807 people, or 1 in 10,156. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Est Region, where 87 percent reside, Sahel Region, where 9 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ouaba
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