Yemou Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Yemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yemou (493) may also be a first name.
Yemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yemou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻤﻮ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yemou live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yemou is also the 382,601st most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 493 people.
The surname Yemou is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon Yemou is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent are found, West Region, where 8 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 36 percent are found and Benin, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yemou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yemou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻤﻮ | ymw | 87.5 |
| ﻳﻤﻪ | ymh | 12.5 |
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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 Yemou
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