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 surname Oulaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﻻﻱ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oulaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oulaya is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Oulaya occurs predominantly 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 frequently held forename internationally, borne by 3,143 people.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania Oulaya is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this last name is found 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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