Ouwani Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Ouwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 78 | 1:246,052 | 7,845 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
Ouwani (2,700) may also be a first name.
Ouwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouwani is most common in Niger. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ouwani.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouwani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,817,111th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouwani live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 140,954th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 2,700 people.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 246,052. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 87 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 9 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Niger this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Ouwani
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