Ouayou Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Ouayou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 290 | 1:79,556 | 4,347 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Ouayou (85) may also be a first name.
Ouayou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouayou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouayou is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouayou? popularity and diffusion
Ouayou is the 862,604th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Ouayou are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ouayou is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently held forename globally It is held by 85 people.
This surname is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 79,556. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 50 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 44 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 4 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast Ouayou occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent reside and Morocco, where 3 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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- 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 Ouayou
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