Woule Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Woule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Woulé (1) are calculated separately.
Woule (100) may also be a first name.
Woule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woule (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻲ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Woulé. For other potential spellings of Woule click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woule? popularity and diffusion
The last name Woule is the 1,604,449th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Woule occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Woule live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 46 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 100 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 276,921. In Cameroon Woule is primarily found in: South Region, where 36 percent reside, Centre Region, where 24 percent reside and Far North Region, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Woule occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Woule Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Woule has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woule last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Woule Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Woule in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻲ | wly | 50 |
| ﻭﻝ | wl | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Woule
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