Ouah Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Ouah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 111 | 1:207,849 | 8,785 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ouah (126) may also be a first name.
Ouah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻩ) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. Ouah is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ouah live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most widely held given name worldwide, held by 126 people.
The surname Ouah is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 207,849. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 73 percent reside, Montagnes District, where 15 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 60 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 40 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ouah
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