Ouattara Surname

445th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,164,012 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Ouattara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ouattara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast774,2071:302
Burkina Faso296,5581:626
Mali86,4121:19637
Togo1,8901:3,835622
Ghana1,5241:17,7302,249
France7351:90,37113,011
Morocco6481:53,2048,802
United States3931:922,28769,218
Senegal2401:60,747861
Guinea2181:54,284699
Gabon2021:9,3521,744
Brazil1741:1,230,31242,362
Canada1421:259,47624,513
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Belgium1161:99,10915,136
England871:640,43737,483
Niger431:446,32612,119
Italy281:2,184,16791,195
Benin271:382,80028,543
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Tunisia161:38,1645,464
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
India81:95,883,173728,828
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Norway71:734,61250,907
Congo71:712,72815,723
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Ouattara (112,123) may also be a first name.

Ouattara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ouattara (Arabic: اواتارا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺗﺮﺍ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ouattara? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ouattara is the 445th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,261 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ouattara live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,170th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 112,123 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 774,207 people, or 1 in 30. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Savanes District, where 29 percent live, Zanzan District, where 15 percent live and Vallée du Bandama District, where 14 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it occurs in 73 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 25 percent live and Mali, where 7 percent live.

Ouattara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ouattara last name are 41.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.29% registered with the party.

The amount Ouattara earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.48% less than the national average, earning $35,175 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.79% less than the national average, earning $35,380 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ouattara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ouattara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﺍﺗﺮﺍwatra-
Ouattara in the Arabic language
اواتاراawatara-
واتاراwatara-

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