Yaoua Surname
Approximately 5,122 people bear this surname
Yaoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 4,808 | 1:4,799 | 439 |
| Burkina Faso | 161 | 1:113,988 | 3,362 |
| Niger | 118 | 1:162,644 | 5,862 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yaoua (20,552) may also be a first name.
Yaoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaoua occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yaoua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaoua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 93,206th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,422,793 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Yaoua reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaoua is also the 37,061st most widespread forename at a global level, held by 20,552 people.
It is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 4,808 people, or 1 in 4,799. In The Ivory Coast Yaoua is most numerous in: Zanzan District, where 77 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 7 percent are found and Comoé District, where 6 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent are found and Niger, 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 Yaoua
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