Yanoussa Surname
Approximately 4,805 people bear this surname
Yanoussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,474 | 1:5,978 | 729 |
| Niger | 1,325 | 1:14,485 | 985 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yanoussa (3,110) may also be a first name.
Yanoussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanoussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yanoussa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yanoussa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanoussa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 98,661st most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,516,659 people. The last name Yanoussa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yanoussa reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Yanoussa is also the 129,222nd most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 3,110 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3,474 people, or 1 in 5,978. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 75 percent live, North Region, where 10 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 28 percent live and Chad, where 0 percent live.
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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 Yanoussa
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