Yewou Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Benin

Yewou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yewou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon641:324,51729,689
Benin321:322,98825,835

Yewou (22) may also be a first name.

Yewou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yewou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yewou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Yewou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewou? popularity and diffusion

Yewou is the 1,894,523rd most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname Yewou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yewou live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yewou is also the 2,301,746th most common forename internationally, held by 22 people.

The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 47 percent live, Centre Region, where 27 percent live and West Region, where 22 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yiewou9140/
Yewu89360/
Yewo89104/
Yewouss831/
Yebou802,810/
Yewoh8088/
Yevou8045/
Yewoi8019/
Yiewo8015/
Yewua8014/
Gewou803/
Ewouh803/
Yewuh802/
Jewou801/
Ehwou801/
Yeboue7312,443/
Yewoyi7311/
Hyewua736/
Oiyewo735/
Yebouh735/
Jeuwou733/
Yewuye733/
Jiewou732/
Yeouho732/
Yewuha731/
Yewhui731/
Ayiewo731/
Yeuhou731/
Hyewoo731/
Yoewoe731/
Yewoio731/
Jehwou731/
Yevu673,342/
Yewa671,164/
Yebo671,118/
Yebu67617/
Yevo67207/
Jewu67189/
Jewo67183/
Evou67166/
Ewgu6741/
Ehwu6717/
Ewhu6711/
Yehouey678/
Yywo674/
Yewayop673/
Ewoj671/
Aiyebou671/
Ewuj671/
Yeswoit671/
Yeua671/
Ewuy671/
Yewá671/
Ewwo671/
Iywu671/
Iewu671/
Yewogie671/
Ayiebou671/
Jewayou671/

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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 Yewou
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