Yakoura Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Yakoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Niger | 62 | 1:309,549 | 9,215 |
Yakoura (2,214) may also be a first name.
Yakoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakoura is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakoura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,409,418th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yakoura are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 158,936th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 2,214 people.
The surname Yakoura is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon Yakoura is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 93 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 40 percent reside.
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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 Yakoura
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