Yaovi Surname

50,299th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Togo

Yaovi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaovi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia6,1171:15,9472,188
Togo2,5201:2,876401
Benin8651:11,9491,641
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Nigeria701:2,530,61183,100
Ivory Coast331:699,12819,606
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
England11:55,718,059489,080
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Yaovi (58,372) may also be a first name.

Yaovi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yaovi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yaovi is most common in Ethiopia. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Yaovi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaovi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 50,299th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 714,115 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaovi reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 16,223rd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 58,372 people.

The surname Yaovi is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 6,117 people, or 1 in 15,947. Barring Ethiopia this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 25 percent are found and Benin, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaouvi9130/
Yahovi916/
Yaovie911/
Yahovoi8322/
Yahovyi835/
Yoavi8039/
Yaobi8022/
Jaovi805/
Yaovy803/
Yaove801/
Yaowit73118/
Yaowai7358/
Yaojui7323/
Yaowei7323/
Yaobai731/
Yaoveh731/
Yaoubi731/
Jaovis730/
Yahoves674/
Yahoubi673/
Yaochui671/
Yaovaja671/
Yaoubie671/
Jeaovis670/

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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 Yaovi
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