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) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oujah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oujah is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Oujah reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 20 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Oujah is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Oujah is most common in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Oujah occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside and Morocco, where 20 percent reside.
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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- 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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