Oujah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Oujah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Oujah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oujah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oujah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺟﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oujah.
How Common Is The Last Name Oujah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oujah is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Oujah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Oujah reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 20 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent are found and Morocco, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oujah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oujah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺟﻪ | awjh | - |
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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 Oujah
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