Yambou Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Yambou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 194 | 1:107,057 | 12,544 |
| Benin | 149 | 1:69,366 | 8,381 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yambou (91) may also be a first name.
Yambou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yambou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yambou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻣﺒﻮ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yambou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 794,916th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yambou live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yambou is also the 998,282nd most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 91 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 107,057. In Cameroon Yambou is most common in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent reside, Centre Region, where 29 percent reside and West Region, where 28 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 42 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yambou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yambou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻣﺒﻮ | yambw | - |
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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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- 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 Yambou
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