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 or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yanoussa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanoussa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yanoussa is the 98,661st most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,516,659 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yanoussa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yanoussa is also the 129,222nd most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 3,110 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 3,474 people, or 1 in 5,978. In Cameroon Yanoussa is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 75 percent are found, North Region, where 10 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 28 percent are found and Chad, where 0 percent are found.
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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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