Yandou Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Yandou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 219 | 1:87,635 | 3,720 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Yandou (2,505) may also be a first name.
Yandou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yandou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yandou occurs most in Niger. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yandou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 921,780th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yandou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yandou is also the 147,461st most prevalent first name globally It is held by 2,505 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 87,635. In Niger Yandou is most common in: Dosso Region, where 52 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 15 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and Benin, where 7 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 Yandou
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