lo Yau Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
lo Yau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
lo Yau (6) may also be a first name.
lo Yau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name lo Yau Come From? nationality or country of origin
lo Yau has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of lo Yau.
How Common Is The Last Name lo Yau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of lo Yau live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 6 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia lo Yau is mostly concentrated in: Sabah, where 67 percent live and Johor, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia lo Yau occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Venezuela, where 20 percent live.
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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 lo Yau
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