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
The surname Waou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,628,521st most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Waou is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Waou are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Waou is also the 730,165th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 158 people.
The surname Waou is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 536,540. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 93 percent are found, Savanes District, where 5 percent are found and Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Waou exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 30 percent are found and 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 Waou
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