Ouemou Surname
Approximately 896 people bear this surname
Ouemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 884 | 1:13,387 | 386 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ouemou (38) may also be a first name.
Ouemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouemou occurs in Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouemou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 394,201st most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,133,422 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouemou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Mande Africa. Ouemou is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held forename globally, held by 38 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Guinea, where it is borne by 884 people, or 1 in 13,387. In Guinea it is most prevalent in: Nzérékoré Region, where 72 percent reside, Kankan Region, where 23 percent reside and Conakry Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 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 Ouemou
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