Yehouessi Surname
Approximately 1,794 people bear this surname
Yehouessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,698 | 1:6,087 | 821 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Yehouéssi (1) are calculated separately.
Yehouessi (96) may also be a first name.
Yehouessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yehouessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yehouessi occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Yehouéssi. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yehouessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 226,326th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,062,177 people. The last name Yehouessi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yehouessi are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 968,397th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 96 people.
The last name Yehouessi is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 1,698 people, or 1 in 6,087. In Benin it is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 40 percent live, Zou Department, where 17 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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
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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 Yehouessi
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