Oulaya Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Oulaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oulaya (3,143) may also be a first name.
Oulaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oulaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oulaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﻻﻱ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oulaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Oulaya reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Oulaya is also the 128,349th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 3,143 people.
The last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 21 percent are found and Algeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oulaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oulaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﻻﻱ | awlay | 36.36 |
| ﺃﻭﻻﻱ | awlay | 36.36 |
| ﺃﻭﻻﻳﻪ | awlayh | 27.27 |
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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 Oulaya
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