Woas Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Woas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Woas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Woas occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Woas live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: East Region, where 88 percent are found, Centre Region, where 8 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Woas exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wouas | 89 | 25 | / |
| Wohas | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woash | 89 | 0 | / |
| Woasse | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wogias | 80 | 2 | / |
| Woheas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wojias | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woashe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wohast | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wohaus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Woehas | 80 | 0 | / |
| Boas | 75 | 8,336 | / |
| Voas | 75 | 277 | / |
| Waos | 75 | 132 | / |
| Woac | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bouas | 67 | 703 | / |
| Boais | 67 | 291 | / |
| Voase | 67 | 179 | / |
| Wohos | 67 | 144 | / |
| Boass | 67 | 34 | / |
| Waeys | 67 | 24 | / |
| Vohas | 67 | 23 | / |
| Boays | 67 | 19 | / |
| Boash | 67 | 18 | / |
| Voast | 67 | 16 | / |
| Booas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohatsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhoas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wauas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waots | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voats | 67 | 0 | / |
| Waaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Woas
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