Woou Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Benin

Woou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Woou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Woou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Woou is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Woou.

How Common Is The Last Name Woou? popularity and diffusion

Woou is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Woou occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Woou live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Woou is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Southeast Sulawesi, where 80 percent live and Papua, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Woou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wohou89181/
Wouhou8022/
Wooyue808/
Wououd801/
Woouds801/
Waou75123/
Woyu7592/
Wuou7560/
Woju7530/
Boou758/
Waoo757/
Woau752/
Uoou752/
Woeu751/
Voou751/
Wohoush736/
Woohust730/
Bohou672,330/
Vohou67663/
Wahou67192/
Wuhou6770/
Waouh6737/
Voyou6731/
Woyoe6727/
Wojuć6712/
Woyus679/
Wojiu672/
Voous672/
Wojui671/
Wojju671/
Woihu671/
Woheu671/
Woeuh671/
Wouju671/
Woyuh671/
Hwaou671/
Booyu671/

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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 Woou
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