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) is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oueni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oueni reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oueni is also the 844,248th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 122 people.
This surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin Oueni is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 58 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 37 percent are found and Donga Department, where 5 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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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