Ouai Surname
Approximately 1,077 people bear this surname
Ouai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| Ivory Coast | 415 | 1:55,593 | 3,337 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ouai (139) may also be a first name.
Ouai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouai occurs most in Morocco. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 341,074th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,766,524 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ouai live; 61 percent live in North Africa and 61 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 784,558th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 139 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Other than Morocco Ouai occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 39 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ouai
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis