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 last name Ouega is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouega? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,701,480th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ouega live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 381,018th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 496 people.
The surname is most frequent 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 are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 4 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast Ouega exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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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