Yo Surname

6,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Korea
Highest density in:
South Korea

Yo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Korea82,2901:62350
Japan3,7331:34,2473,208
Egypt1,0981:83,7307,421
Ivory Coast9961:23,1641,677
Burkina Faso9211:19,9261,382
Indonesia5961:221,89520,704
Iran3951:194,38615,821
Malaysia3041:97,0206,681
Cambodia2591:59,7961,956
India2261:3,394,09597,556
Cameroon1501:138,46015,452
Pakistan1361:1,313,55815,128
Guatemala1161:138,6443,310
Benin1141:90,66310,508
Philippines1131:895,91381,345
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Taiwan871:269,4802,237
Papua New Guinea611:133,66718,337
Singapore471:117,1854,783
China311:44,107,1472,374
France281:2,372,240182,981
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Wales41:773,63329,106
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Belize11:355,4743,977
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Guam11:160,1214,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

The alternate forms: (31) are calculated separately.

Yo (159,573) may also be a first name.

Yo Last Name Facts

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

Yo (Hindi: यो, Marathi: यो, Russian: Йо, Tibetan: ཡོ་) has its highest incidence in South Korea. It may also appear as: . Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,160th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 79,289 people. Yo is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Yo are found; 94 percent are found in East Asia and 90 percent are found in Koreanic Asia. Yo is also the 6,585th most common first name internationally, borne by 159,573 people.

The surname Yo is most frequent in South Korea, where it is carried by 82,290 people, or 1 in 623. In South Korea Yo is mostly found in: Gyeonggi Province, where 20 percent live, Seoul, where 17 percent live and Busan, where 11 percent live. Apart from South Korea Yo occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.

Yo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Yo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 885.84% more than the national average, earning S/. 191,106 per year and in Canada they earn 11.66% more than the national average, earning $55,478 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
8331/
Yoo8029,240/
Yoa8017,443/
Hyo808,665/
Yoe806,817/
Yot805,977/
Yoh805,415/
Yoy803,656/
Yos802,786/
Yop801,107/
Yoz801,078/
Yio80864/
Yod80538/
Yoş80379/
Jyo80251/
Yho8063/
Yoj8051/
Øyo8023/
Yoó801/
Yoù801/
Y6739,814/
Yost6728,054/
Yopp671,835/
Aiyo671,264/
Eiyo671,009/
Yott67759/
Yoss67653/
Yoch67417/
Youo67386/
Jyot67279/
Yosh67259/
Ayio67187/
Uyio67138/
Yiho67101/
Hyot6795/
Yoyt6788/
Yoou6781/
Aayo6781/
Yooy6769/
Oyio6761/
Yots6760/
Yobp6743/
Oiyo6733/
Yodh6732/
Yioi6732/
Ayyo6730/
Eyio6729/
Jyos6723/
Yoie6720/
Yodz6716/
Yo'o6715/
Hyoe6714/
Hyho6712/
Hyos6710/
Jyoy679/
Ajyo679/
Yhos679/
Eyjo678/
Yocz677/
Yosp677/
Yohu677/
Yoee676/
Yooi676/
Hyoy676/
Hyoh675/
Yoaa675/
Eyyo674/
Uiyo674/
Youu674/
Jyoh674/
Oyjo674/
Yoyp674/
Yoyd673/
Yohd673/
Euyo673/
Yodt672/
Yohy672/
Hyop672/
Yhou672/
Oyyo672/
Ayjo672/
Yozz672/
Yiot672/
Yioz672/
Jyod672/
Yhoi671/
Yhuo671/
Yohz671/
Yoph671/
Yoyô671/
Hyoz671/
Yooj671/
Yioy671/
Yhho671/
Yosd671/
Yotd671/
Yosj671/
Yohj671/
Yojd671/
Yooo671/
Yhgo671/
Yhoa671/
Yhod671/
Yhoh671/
Ejyo671/
Hhyo671/
Yodd670/
Yozt670/
Yopf670/

Yo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yo in the Tibetan language
ཡོ་yo-
Yo in the Hindi language
योyo-
Yo in the Marathi language
योyo-
Yo in the Russian language
Йоjo-

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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 Yo
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