Ouraya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Ouraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ouraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouraya is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouraya? popularity and diffusion
Ouraya is the 6,063,924th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouraya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Ouraya is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 89 percent are found and Far North Region, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Ouraya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Ouraya
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