Yatou Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Yatou Surname User-submission:
The surname Yatou or Yatoume means 'stopped night' in Japanese.
It also means 'servant girl' in Mandarin, used as a term of endearment.
Yatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 291 | 1:71,371 | 8,951 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Yatou (614) may also be a first name.
Yatou Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Yatou or Yatoume means 'stopped night' in Japanese.
It also means 'servant girl' in Mandarin, used as a term of endearment.
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Where Does The Last Name Yatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺗﻮ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yatou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yatou is the 679,794th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Yatou live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yatou is also the 337,097th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 614 people.
The surname Yatou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 71,371. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 27 percent live, West Region, where 23 percent live and Far North Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in France, where 14 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺗﻮ | yatw | - |
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