Wouje Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Wouje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wouje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wouje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wouje is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wouje live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 96 percent reside and West Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wouje
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