Ouala Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Ouala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Algeria | 14 | 1:2,759,396 | 44,963 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ouala (142) may also be a first name.
Ouala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouala is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Ouala is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ouala are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 142 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 678,566. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 68 percent reside, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 18 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 9 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent reside and Algeria, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Ouala
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