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
Ouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺍ, Hindi: ओउवा) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 525,029th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,792,145 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ouwa reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ouwa is also the 683,417th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 178 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 86,900. In Cameroon Ouwa is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 76 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 26 percent are found and Tanzania, where 17 percent are found.
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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- 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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