Ouawe Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Ouawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Ouawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻭﺓ) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ouawe is the 2,506,728th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ouawe are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 490,877. In The Ivory Coast Ouawe is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 85 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent reside and Comoé District, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Ouawe is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 19 percent reside and Chad, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouawe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻭﺓ | wawt | - |
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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 Ouawe
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