Ouega Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Ouega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 112 | 1:205,993 | 8,732 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ouega (496) may also be a first name.
Ouega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouega is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ouega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouega? popularity and diffusion
Ouega is the 1,701,480th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ouega reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 381,018th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 496 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 205,993. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 92 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 4 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Ouega
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