Ouatara Surname

521,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Ouatara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ouatara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso4351:42,1892,058
Ivory Coast1191:193,8768,405
Niger231:834,43619,133
Senegal141:1,041,3823,211
Guinea81:1,479,2271,724
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
France21:33,211,361423,184
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Ouatara (53) may also be a first name.

Ouatara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ouatara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ouatara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺗﺮﺍ) is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ouatara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ouatara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ouatara is the 521,266th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ouatara live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 53 people.

This last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 42,189. In Burkina Faso Ouatara is most frequent in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 60 percent live, Cascades Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Burkina Faso Ouatara occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ouatara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ouatara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﺍﺗﺮﺍwatra50
ﻭﺍﺗﺎﺭﻯwatary50

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Footnotes

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