Yargou Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Yargou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 48 | 1:85,310 | 5,518 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Yargou (13) may also be a first name.
Yargou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yargou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yargou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻛﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yargou? popularity and diffusion
Yargou is the 2,718,172nd most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yargou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
This surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 85,310. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Tagant Region, where 38 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent live and Brakna Region, where 19 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yargou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yargou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻛﻮ | yrkw | 94.44 |
| ﻳﺮﻛﻮﺍ | yrkwa | 5.56 |
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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 Yargou
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