Yahoun Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Yahoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
Yahoun (231) may also be a first name.
Yahoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahoun is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Yahoun reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahoun is also the 590,311th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 231 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 67 percent live and Littoral Department, where 33 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Yemen, where 50 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 Yahoun
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