Oualah Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Oualah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 316 | 1:122,252 | 17,049 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Oualah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oualah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oualah is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oualah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 825,152nd most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. The surname Oualah occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oualah live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Oualah is most common in Algeria, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 122,252. In Algeria Oualah is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 92 percent are found, Blida Province, where 1 percent are found and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Algeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent are found and France, where 1 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
- 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 Oualah
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