Yamo Surname
Approximately 5,948 people bear this surname
Yamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,799 | 1:41,067 | 5,041 |
| Philippines | 971 | 1:104,262 | 18,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 892 | 1:9,141 | 728 |
| Kenya | 562 | 1:82,171 | 7,556 |
| Peru | 483 | 1:65,806 | 5,018 |
| Tanzania | 475 | 1:111,456 | 10,729 |
| Cameroon | 314 | 1:66,144 | 8,373 |
| Thailand | 203 | 1:347,972 | 60,483 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Yamô (1) are calculated separately.
Yamo (1,579) may also be a first name.
Yamo Demographics
Average Yamo Salary in
United States
$27,225 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamo (Hindi: यामो, Marathi: यामो, Russian: Ямо) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Yamô. Click here for further potential spellings of Yamo.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamo? popularity and diffusion
Yamo is the 81,634th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,225,209 people. The last name Yamo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Yamo reside; 35 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yamo is also the 194,673rd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 1,579 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,799 people, or 1 in 41,067. Beside The DR Congo this last name exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found.
Yamo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Yamo earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,150 per year and in United States they earn 36.9% less than the national average, earning $27,225 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamo in the Hindi language | ||
| यामो | yamo | 75 |
| यमो | yamo | 25 |
| Yamo in the Marathi language | ||
| यामो | yamo | 66.67 |
| यमो | yamo | 33.33 |
| Yamo in the Russian language | ||
| Ямо | amo | - |
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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 Yamo
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