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 surname Oualed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﺪ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oualed.
How Common Is The Last Name Oualed? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Oualed is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oualed live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 146,245. In Mauritania Oualed is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 96 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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