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 occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,701st most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 125,207 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Yaou is also the 18,157th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 51,160 people.
This last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 52,190 people, or 1 in 368. In Niger Yaou is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 50 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 27 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Niger this surname 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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