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 held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Ouala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouala? popularity and diffusion
Ouala is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ouala reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 142 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 678,566. In The Ivory Coast Ouala is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 68 percent reside, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 18 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common 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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