Oualy Surname
Approximately 3,193 people bear this surname
Oualy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2,310 | 1:6,311 | 295 |
| Burkina Faso | 427 | 1:42,979 | 2,074 |
| Ivory Coast | 252 | 1:91,553 | 4,818 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oualy (472) may also be a first name.
Oualy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oualy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oualy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﻲ) is found most frequently in Senegal. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oualy? popularity and diffusion
Oualy is the 139,883rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,282,351 people. Oualy is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oualy live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Oualy is also the 391,811th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 472 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Senegal, where it is held by 2,310 people, or 1 in 6,311. In Senegal it is mostly found in: Tambacounda Region, where 90 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 6 percent are found and Thiès Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Senegal this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oualy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oualy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻟﻲ | waly | - |
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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 Oualy
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