Ouaedraogo Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Ouaedraogo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ouaedraogo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso41:4,588,02521,573
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Ouaedraogo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ouaedraogo is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ouaedraogo? popularity and diffusion

Ouaedraogo is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouaedraogo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,588,025. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Nord Region, where 50 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 25 percent live and Centre Region, where 25 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oiuedraogo9088/
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Oueodraogo9013/
Oueadraogo904/
Aouedraogo902/
Oujedraogo902/
Ouoedraogo902/
Oyuedraogo902/
Uouedraogo901/
Hieouedraogo828/
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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 Ouaedraogo
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