Yeyoh Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yeyoh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeyoh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania81:511,85818,608
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Yeyoh Last Name Facts

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

Yeyoh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻴﻮﻩ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeyoh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yeyoh is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Yeyoh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yeyoh reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Yeyoh is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Yeyoh is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 24 percent live.

Yeyoh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Yeyoh last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeyo89173/
Yoyoh801,198/
Yeyeh80208/
Yeyah8022/
Yayoh8021/
Jeyoh8014/
Yehyo802/
Eoyoh802/
Yieyo801/
Yejoh801/
Yeouh801/
Geyoh800/
Yey75813/
Oyieyo73453/
Aiyeyo7310/
Ayieyo739/
Jehyoh738/
Yehyeh735/
Yheyah734/
Yehyah734/
Yieyha733/
Yheyhe732/
Yeouhe732/
Yehouh731/
Hyayoh731/
Eteyoh731/
Yeye678,911/
Yayo673,033/
Yeya672,613/
Yeah672,146/
Ejoh671,793/
Yeha671,556/
Yeyi67595/
Yeou67245/
Yayh67123/
Yuyo67106/
Jeyo6799/
Iyyo6798/
Geyo6764/
Yeuh6739/
Geyh6738/
Yoey6736/
Aiyejoh6723/
Yejo6720/
Yiey6716/
Yaey6711/
Yohu677/
Yhey674/
Yeyeowa673/
Euyo673/
Eoyo672/
Yeyp672/
Jyey672/
Yejh672/
Hyey672/
Yohy672/
Yohj671/
Yeyy671/
Yyeh671/
Yyio671/
Yyoa671/
Yejy671/
Ejyo671/
Eoeh671/
Eouh671/
Jeyh671/

Yeyoh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yeyoh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻴﻮﻩyywh-

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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 Yeyoh
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