Ouizan Surname
Approximately 588 people bear this surname
Ouizan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 587 | 1:39,304 | 2,573 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Ouizan (17) may also be a first name.
Ouizan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouizan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouizan is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouizan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ouizan is the 544,808th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. The surname Ouizan is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Ouizan reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ouizan is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
Ouizan is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 587 people, or 1 in 39,304. In The Ivory Coast Ouizan is primarily found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 78 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 2 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houizan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ouizane | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ouizzane | 86 | 206 | / |
| Gouhizan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Houyizan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ouijan | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ouizam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ouizzanne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aouijan | 77 | 1,001 | / |
| Ouijane | 77 | 171 | / |
| Oueijan | 77 | 28 | / |
| Ouissan | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ouaijan | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ouichan | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oezan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ouijjane | 71 | 403 | / |
| Ouichane | 71 | 53 | / |
| Houissan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ouhizoun | 71 | 9 | / |
| Gouissan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oueissan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Houichan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gouhizoun | 67 | 160 | / |
| Ahizan | 67 | 128 | / |
| Oeijan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oezhan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aeizan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goezan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oezsan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouisam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aoican | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ouizan
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