Oualed Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Oualed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
Oualed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oualed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oualed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﺪ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oualed? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oualed are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Oualed is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 146,245. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 96 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oualed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oualed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻟﺪ | wald | - |
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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 Oualed
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