Yantou Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Yantou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Yantou (23) may also be a first name.
Yantou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yantou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yantou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yantou.
How Common Is The Last Name Yantou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yantou is the 2,020,555th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Yantou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yantou are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 244,342. In Cameroon Yantou is mostly found in: West Region, where 53 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and Centre Region, where 19 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 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 Yantou
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