Ouais Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Ouais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Ouaïs (1) are calculated separately.
Ouais (17) may also be a first name.
Ouais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouais Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouais (Hindi: उवैस) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may also be found as a variant: Ouaïs. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouais? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 767,694th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Ouais are found; 83 percent are found in North Africa and 83 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 17 people.
It is most numerous in Morocco, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Aside from Morocco this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouais in the Hindi language | ||
| उवैस | uvaisa | - |
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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 Ouais
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