Ouessa Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ouessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ouessa (59) may also be a first name.
Ouessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouessa occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouessa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,274,477th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouessa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ouessa is also the 1,282,666th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 59 people.
Ouessa is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 295,303. In Benin Ouessa is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 97 percent live and Zou Department, where 3 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 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 Ouessa
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