Oualia Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Oualia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oualia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oualia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oualia occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oualia? popularity and diffusion
Oualia is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Oualia are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 965,900. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 53 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 26 percent reside and Sud-Ouest Region, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 23 percent reside and Algeria, where 13 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
- 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 Oualia
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