Yemoi Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yemoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Yemoi (9) may also be a first name.
Yemoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yemoi is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yemoi is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yemoi reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yemoi is also the 3,941,740th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 9 people.
This last name is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 11,535,616. In The Ivory Coast Yemoi is primarily concentrated in: Lagunes District, where 50 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 50 percent are found. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 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
- 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 Yemoi
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