Yassou Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Yassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 494 | 1:20,922 | 2,797 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Tunisia | 18 | 1:33,924 | 4,997 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Yassou (123) may also be a first name.
Yassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yassou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺹ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yassou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 547,713th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,478,675 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yassou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yassou is also the 840,349th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 123 people.
The surname Yassou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 494 people, or 1 in 20,922. In Benin Yassou is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 70 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 17 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Benin Yassou occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent are found and Tunisia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yassou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yassou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺹ | yas | 66.67 |
| ﻳﺎﺻﻮ | yasw | 33.33 |
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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 Yassou
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