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 last name Oulaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﻻﻱ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oulaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oulaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 565,867th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Oulaye are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 661,310th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 189 people.
This last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 513 people, or 1 in 44,973. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous 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. Besides The Ivory Coast it exists 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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