Ouame Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ouame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ouamé (1) are calculated separately.
Ouame (13) may also be a first name.
Ouame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouame occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found as: Ouamé. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Ouame is predominantly found in Africa, where 25 percent of Ouame reside; 25 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.
The last name Ouame is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Ouame is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 25 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent live.
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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 Ouame
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