Yarouba Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Yarouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Yarouba (16) may also be a first name.
Yarouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yarouba is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yarouba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarouba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yarouba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Yarouba is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 16 people.
The surname Yarouba is most widespread in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 60 percent live, Maradi Region, where 20 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Niger this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Mali, where 17 percent live.
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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 Yarouba
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