Waou Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Waou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| Niger | 37 | 1:518,703 | 13,483 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Waou (158) may also be a first name.
Waou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Waou is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Waou live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 730,165th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 158 people.
It is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 536,540. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 93 percent reside, Savanes District, where 5 percent reside and Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 24 percent reside.
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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 Waou
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