Ouema Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Ouema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 461 | 1:39,809 | 1,997 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
Ouema (27) may also be a first name.
Ouema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouema is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ouema is the 631,297th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 15,056,913 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ouema reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name globally, held by 27 people.
The surname is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 461 people, or 1 in 39,809. In Burkina Faso Ouema is most common in: Nord Region, where 70 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 14 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso Ouema exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and Benin, 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
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- 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 Ouema
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