Yapou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Yapou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yapou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yapou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yapou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yapou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yapou live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Yapou is mostly found in: North Region, where 80 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 7 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 29 percent reside and Central African Republic, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Yapou
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