Oulaye Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Oulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 513 | 1:44,973 | 2,859 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Oulaye (189) may also be a first name.
Oulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oulaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﻻﻱ) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Oulaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Oulaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oulaye is the 565,867th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Oulaye live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oulaye is also the 661,310th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 189 people.
The last name Oulaye is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 513 people, or 1 in 44,973. In The Ivory Coast Oulaye is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 45 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent are found and Mauritania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oulaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oulaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﻻﻱ | awlay | 27.27 |
| ﺃﻭﻻﻱ | awlay | 27.27 |
| ﺍﻭﻻﻳﻪ | awlayh | 18.18 |
| ﺍﻭﻻﻳﺔ | awlayt | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻭﻻﻯ | awlay | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻻﻱ | alay | 9.09 |
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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 Oulaye
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