Ouail Surname
Approximately 2,336 people bear this surname
Ouail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,310 | 1:16,724 | 3,040 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
The alternate forms: Ouaïl (1) are calculated separately.
Ouail (1,370) may also be a first name.
Ouail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouail Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouail occurs most in Algeria. It can appear as a variant: Ouaïl. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ouail.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouail? popularity and diffusion
Ouail is the 182,027th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,119,669 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ouail are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb. Ouail is also the 211,618th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,370 people.
It is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 2,310 people, or 1 in 16,724. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Aïn Defla Province, where 23 percent are found, Médéa Province, where 22 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 22 percent are found. Beside Algeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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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- 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 Ouail
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