Yabou Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Yabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 90 | 1:161,993 | 1,291 |
| Ivory Coast | 56 | 1:411,986 | 13,976 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Gambia | 25 | 1:76,938 | 264 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Yabou (534) may also be a first name.
Yabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺑﻮ) has its highest incidence in Senegal. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yabou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yabou? popularity and diffusion
Yabou is the 855,216th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Yabou are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 364,930th most widespread first name globally It is held by 534 people.
This last name is most frequent in Senegal, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 161,993. In Senegal it is most common in: Sédhiou Region, where 52 percent live, Kaolack Region, where 37 percent live and Dakar Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Senegal Yabou is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺑﻮ | yabw | 80 |
| ﻳﺒﺎﻭ | ybaw | 10 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﺑﻮ | ayabw | 10 |
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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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- 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 Yabou
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