Oueni Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Oueni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Oueni (122) may also be a first name.
Oueni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oueni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oueni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﻲ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oueni? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oueni are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oueni is also the 844,248th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 122 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 58 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 37 percent are found and Donga Department, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent are found and Senegal, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oueni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oueni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﻲ | wny | - |
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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 Oueni
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