Woyou Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Woyou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woyou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast601:384,52113,351
Benin251:413,42429,829
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Woyou (759) may also be a first name.

Woyou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woyou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woyou? popularity and diffusion

Woyou is the 1,994,173rd most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Woyou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Woyou is also the 298,137th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 759 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 384,521. In The Ivory Coast Woyou is primarily found in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 83 percent live, Lacs District, where 10 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 3 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Wheyou7316/
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Huoyou732/
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Whayou731/
Wououd731/
Boyu67809/
Wahyouh67477/
Wuyu67376/
Boyahou67360/
Woju6730/
Weyu6723/
Weou675/
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Voyu674/
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Whieyou671/
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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 Woyou
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