Ouafo Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Ouafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 875 | 1:23,736 | 3,208 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ouafo (356) may also be a first name.
Ouafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouafo is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouafo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 398,612th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,253,166 people. Ouafo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ouafo live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 461,707th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 356 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 875 people, or 1 in 23,736. In Cameroon Ouafo is most prevalent in: West Region, where 44 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and Littoral Region, where 25 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouaffo | 91 | 43 | / |
| Houafo | 91 | 5 | / |
| Gouafo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gouaffo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Houaffo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ouafa | 80 | 715 | / |
| Ouofo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Aoufo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ouafaa | 73 | 550 | / |
| Ouafeu | 73 | 64 | / |
| Aoufoh | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ouatfa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Uaifoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Auafou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouafas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouafah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aoufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ahoufo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouapho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouaffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oafa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ouaffeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aouffou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aoufous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houafeu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ouafo
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