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
Yandou is found most frequently in Niger. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yandou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yandou is the 921,780th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The last name Yandou occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Yandou are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 147,461st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 2,505 people.
It is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 87,635. In Niger Yandou is most frequent in: Dosso Region, where 52 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 15 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Other than Niger it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common 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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