Ousma Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Ousma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 161 | 1:119,205 | 4,670 |
| Cameroon | 145 | 1:143,235 | 15,918 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ousma (147) may also be a first name.
Ousma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ousma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ousma is found most frequently in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ousma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 868,551st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ousma are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 760,591st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 147 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 119,205. In Niger Ousma is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 66 percent live, Maradi Region, where 12 percent live and Agadez Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Niger this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 46 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Ousma
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