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) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yambou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yambou is the 794,916th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The surname Yambou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yambou reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yambou is also the 998,282nd most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 91 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 107,057. In Cameroon Yambou is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and West Region, where 28 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Yambou occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 42 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Yambou
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