Yenou Surname
Approximately 3,771 people bear this surname
Yenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,986 | 1:10,458 | 1,390 |
| Benin | 1,372 | 1:7,533 | 1,028 |
| Burkina Faso | 379 | 1:48,422 | 2,204 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Yênou (1) are calculated separately.
Yenou (156) may also be a first name.
Yenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yenou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Yênou. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 121,439th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,932,523 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yenou are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yenou is also the 735,679th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 156 people.
The surname Yenou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,986 people, or 1 in 10,458. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 83 percent live, Littoral Region, where 7 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 36 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 10 percent live.
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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 Yenou
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