Ouessi Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Ouessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 51 | 1:452,377 | 14,862 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
Ouessi (54) may also be a first name.
Ouessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouessi occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouessi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 36 percent of Ouessi live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Mande Africa. Ouessi is also the 1,350,955th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 54 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 452,377. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 69 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 31 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent reside and The Congo, where 4 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 Ouessi
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