Ouedia Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Ouedia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 141 | 1:130,157 | 3,571 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Ouedia (36) may also be a first name.
Ouedia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouedia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouedia is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouedia? popularity and diffusion
Ouedia is the 1,471,719th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ouedia reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ouedia is also the 1,717,090th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 36 people.
The surname Ouedia is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 130,157. In Burkina Faso Ouedia is most numerous in: Centre-Sud Region, where 82 percent live, Centre Region, where 16 percent live and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Algeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ouedia
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