Ouedan Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Ouedan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 792 | 1:33,365 | 3,076 |
| Burkina Faso | 44 | 1:417,093 | 6,319 |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1:313,171 | 10,344 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Ouedan (213) may also be a first name.
Ouedan Demographics
Ouedan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ouedan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouedan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouedan is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouedan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 398,988th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Ouedan reside; 94 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 619,385th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 213 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 792 people, or 1 in 33,365. In Yemen Ouedan is most common in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 94 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent live and Dhamar Governorate, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Yemen Ouedan occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 5 percent live and Lebanon, where 2 percent live.
Ouedan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Sunni (93%) in Lebanon.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ouedan
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