Ouelgo Surname
Approximately 915 people bear this surname
Ouelgo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 850 | 1:21,591 | 1,444 |
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ouelgo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouelgo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouelgo is most common in Burkina Faso. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouelgo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 387,740th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,964,531 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ouelgo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The last name Ouelgo is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 850 people, or 1 in 21,591. In Burkina Faso Ouelgo is most numerous in: Centre-Est Region, where 71 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and Mali, where 0 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 Ouelgo
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