Ouia Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Ouia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 145 | 1:126,566 | 3,531 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ouia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouia (Hindi: ऒउइआ) is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ouia are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ouia is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 126,566. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 71 percent live, Centre Region, where 21 percent live and Plateau-Central Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso Ouia occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Morocco, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouia in the Hindi language | ||
| ऒउइआ | o'u'i'a | - |
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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 Ouia
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