Ouwa Surname
Approximately 618 people bear this surname
Ouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 239 | 1:86,900 | 10,503 |
| Niger | 162 | 1:118,469 | 4,647 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 1:504,206 | 33,569 |
| Japan | 36 | 1:3,551,230 | 35,163 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ouwa (178) may also be a first name.
Ouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺍ, Hindi: ओउवा) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ouwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 525,029th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. Ouwa is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ouwa reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 683,417th most common forename globally, held by 178 people.
The last name Ouwa is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 86,900. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 76 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ouwa in the Hindi language | ||
| ओउवा | o'uva | - |
| Ouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺍ | awa | 25 |
| ﺍﻭﻯ | awy | 25 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪﻭﺍ | ahmdwa | 25 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Ouwa
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