Yemoa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yemoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yemoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yemoa is found most in Benin. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yemoa reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Yemoa is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin Yemoa is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 36 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 36 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 9 percent reside. Besides Benin it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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