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 most in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yaouba.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaouba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yaouba is the 16,012th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 209,286 people. The surname Yaouba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaouba are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Yaouba is also the 82,110th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 6,410 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 32,344 people, or 1 in 642. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 42 percent reside, North Region, where 33 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Yaouba
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