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
The surname Ouraya is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouraya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouraya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa.
Ouraya is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Ouraya is primarily found in: North Region, where 89 percent live and Far North Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 10 percent live.
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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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