Yaou Surname
Approximately 58,204 people bear this surname
Yaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 52,190 | 1:368 | 67 |
| Cameroon | 2,265 | 1:9,170 | 1,195 |
| Benin | 1,283 | 1:8,056 | 1,105 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Ivory Coast | 323 | 1:71,428 | 3,999 |
| France | 318 | 1:208,876 | 32,465 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yaou (51,160) may also be a first name.
Yaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 9,701st most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 125,207 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 18,157th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 51,160 people.
This surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 52,190 people, or 1 in 368. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 50 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 27 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Niger it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 2 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 Yaou
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