Ourega Surname
Approximately 2,298 people bear this surname
Ourega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,231 | 1:10,341 | 844 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
The alternate forms: Ouréga (4) are calculated separately.
Ourega (921) may also be a first name.
Ourega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ourega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ourega is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Ouréga. For other potential spellings of Ourega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ourega? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 184,580th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,171,256 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Ourega reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ourega is also the 266,960th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 921 people.
The last name Ourega is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 2,231 people, or 1 in 10,341. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 54 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 3 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 0 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 Ourega
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