Where Does The Last Name Ourwa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Ourwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﻭﻩ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ourwa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,141,416^th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ourwa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Ourwa is also the 2,900,335^th most common first name on earth It is held by 15 people.

Ourwa is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania Ourwa is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 97 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 21 percent are found and Sudan, where 3 percent are found.