Wouabe Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wouabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wouabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Wouabe Last Name Facts

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

Wouabe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wouabe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wouabe is the 8,968,613th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wouabe live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Wouabe is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Wouabe is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent live and West Region, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 25 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wouabet922/
Wouahbe921/
Wouabie921/
Woabe911/
Wouabeah861/
Bouabe8347/
Wohabe8324/
Wouaba834/
Wouabi833/
Wouaby832/
Wuhabe831/
Wouahbi77204/
Wuhabey7736/
Bouabey775/
Wouhaba771/
Wohabie771/
Woabeuh771/
Boabe73146/
Waobe732/
Uoabe731/
Wouhaybi712/
Bouabi67474/
Baoube67102/
Bouobe679/
Buhabe674/
Wahobe674/
Wouoba673/
Wauabi672/
Wuhabi671/
Bouabé671/
Bouaby671/
Boabeș671/
Vouave671/
Waouba671/
Wayobe671/
Woaboa671/

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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 Wouabe
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