Yaouba Surname
Approximately 34,821 people bear this surname
Yaouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32,344 | 1:642 | 43 |
| Chad | 2,407 | 1:5,647 | 842 |
| Niger | 58 | 1:330,897 | 9,684 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yaouba (6,410) may also be a first name.
Yaouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺑﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaouba? popularity and diffusion
Yaouba is the 16,012th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 209,286 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaouba live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Yaouba is also the 82,110th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 6,410 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 32,344 people, or 1 in 642. In Cameroon Yaouba is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 42 percent reside, North Region, where 33 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Yaouba is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﺑﻪ | ywbh | - |
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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
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- 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 Yaouba
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