Ouan Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Ouan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 454 | 1:50,818 | 3,114 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Ouan (255) may also be a first name.
Ouan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouan is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 614,324th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Ouan reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 557,860th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 255 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 454 people, or 1 in 50,818. In The Ivory Coast Ouan is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 64 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 15 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 12 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast Ouan exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 5 percent are found and French Polynesia, where 1 percent are found.
Ouan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ouan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ouan surname decreased 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ouan
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