Ouleye Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ouleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Ouleye (10,052) may also be a first name.
Ouleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻴﻪ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouleye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Ouleye is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Ouleye reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 61,028th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 10,052 people.
This surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 2,097,385. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 73 percent live, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 9 percent live and Lacs District, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 19 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻴﻪ | lyh | 55.56 |
| ﺃﻭﻟﻲ | awly | 33.33 |
| ﻫﻮﻟﻲ | hwly | 11.11 |
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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 Ouleye
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