Yehoun Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Yehoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 288 | 1:63,723 | 2,527 |
| Benin | 165 | 1:62,640 | 7,708 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yehoun (18) may also be a first name.
Yehoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yehoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yehoun is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yehoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 633,196th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. Yehoun is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Yehoun live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname Yehoun is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 63,723. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 61 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 14 percent are found and Centre Region, where 11 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 34 percent are found and Iraq, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Yehoun
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