Ouaya Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Ouaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 204 | 1:113,094 | 5,698 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Congo | 125 | 1:39,913 | 3,755 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ouaya (118) may also be a first name.
Ouaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouaya is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 610,848th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. The surname Ouaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ouaya reside; 34 percent reside in North Africa and 34 percent reside in Mahgreb. Ouaya is also the 859,937th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 118 people.
Ouaya is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 113,094. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 70 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 34 percent reside and The Congo, where 25 percent reside.
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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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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