Ouahou Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Ouahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 303 | 1:76,143 | 4,191 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Mauritania | 31 | 1:132,092 | 7,581 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ouahou (138) may also be a first name.
Ouahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺍﻫﻮ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouahou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 609,110th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,345,563 people. The last name Ouahou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ouahou are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Mande Africa. Ouahou is also the 787,636th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 138 people.
The surname Ouahou is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 76,143. In The Ivory Coast Ouahou is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 68 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 12 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺍﻫﻮ | awahw | 83.33 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Ouahou
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