Ouraba Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Ouraba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Ouraba (73) may also be a first name.
Ouraba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouraba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouraba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺭﺍ) is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ouraba.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouraba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Ouraba reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ouraba is also the 1,134,117th most widely held first name in the world, held by 73 people.
The last name Ouraba is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 823,973. In The Ivory Coast Ouraba is most frequent in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 32 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 29 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouraba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouraba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺭﺍ | awra | - |
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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 Ouraba
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