Woulaye Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Woulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Woulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woulaye is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woulaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Woulaye is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Woulaye are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon Woulaye is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 54 percent are found, Far North Region, where 36 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Woulaye
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