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
Yargou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻛﻮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yargou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yargou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yargou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Yargou is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 85,310. In Mauritania Yargou is most prevalent in: Tagant Region, where 38 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 19 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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
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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 Yargou
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