Wou Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Wou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 281 | 1:470,638 | 38,844 |
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| United States | 91 | 1:3,983,065 | 216,270 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wou (144) may also be a first name.
Wou Demographics
Average Wou Salary in
United States
$53,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wou is found most in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wou.
How Common Is The Last Name Wou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wou is the 537,454th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,166,187 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Wou live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 45 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wou is also the 769,375th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 144 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 470,638. In Indonesia Wou is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 76 percent reside, Central Java, where 5 percent reside and West Java, where 5 percent reside. Not including Indonesia Wou is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.
Wou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wou surname are 25.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wou earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.22% more than the national average, earning $53,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning $54,102 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woue | 86 | 93 | / |
| Wohu | 86 | 62 | / |
| Whou | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wouh | 86 | 5 | / |
| Woué | 86 | 4 | / |
| Wwou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wouj | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wgou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vwou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wu | 80 | 35,112,871 | / |
| Wo | 80 | 7,678 | / |
| Wuhou | 75 | 70 | / |
| Wouho | 75 | 12 | / |
| Wouha | 75 | 11 | / |
| Weiou | 75 | 10 | / |
| Wouja | 75 | 9 | / |
| Woust | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wouds | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wouhe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wouie | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wouez | 75 | 3 | / |
| Woudh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wohue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waiou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wouet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wouht | 75 | 0 | / |
| Woo | 67 | 55,593 | / |
| Bou | 67 | 36,734 | / |
| Wau | 67 | 8,574 | / |
| Wuo | 67 | 3,077 | / |
| Wua | 67 | 1,908 | / |
| Woy | 67 | 1,627 | / |
| Vou | 67 | 1,386 | / |
| Woi | 67 | 1,299 | / |
| Wui | 67 | 1,191 | / |
| Woh | 67 | 907 | / |
| Woe | 67 | 868 | / |
| Weu | 67 | 807 | / |
| Hwu | 67 | 516 | / |
| Wuu | 67 | 298 | / |
| Woa | 67 | 291 | / |
| Whu | 67 | 147 | / |
| Wuy | 67 | 114 | / |
| Who | 67 | 95 | / |
| Wuh | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wuj | 67 | 64 | / |
| Hwo | 67 | 59 | / |
| Wgu | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wahoue | 67 | 38 | / |
| Woj | 67 | 30 | / |
| Wouhou | 67 | 22 | / |
| Woueha | 67 | 17 | / |
| Woš | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wwu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Whouie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wouyah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woï | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weihou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whayou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woujes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woueyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woueji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wousch | 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 Wou
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