Yelou Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Yelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 420 | 1:54,932 | 3,313 |
| Benin | 311 | 1:33,233 | 4,344 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Yelou (3,259) may also be a first name.
Yelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yelou (Russian: Йелоу) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yelou.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 449,465th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,626,877 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Yelou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yelou is also the 125,472nd most frequent forename internationally, held by 3,259 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 54,932. In The Ivory Coast Yelou is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 84 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 4 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 41 percent reside and Togo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yelou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelou in the Russian language | ||
| Йелоу | jelou | - |
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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 Yelou
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