Yo Surname
Approximately 91,911 people bear this surname
Yo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 82,290 | 1:623 | 50 |
| Japan | 3,733 | 1:34,247 | 3,208 |
| Egypt | 1,098 | 1:83,730 | 7,421 |
| Ivory Coast | 996 | 1:23,164 | 1,677 |
| Burkina Faso | 921 | 1:19,926 | 1,382 |
| Indonesia | 596 | 1:221,895 | 20,704 |
| Iran | 395 | 1:194,386 | 15,821 |
| Malaysia | 304 | 1:97,020 | 6,681 |
| Cambodia | 259 | 1:59,796 | 1,956 |
| India | 226 | 1:3,394,095 | 97,556 |
| Cameroon | 150 | 1:138,460 | 15,452 |
| Pakistan | 136 | 1:1,313,558 | 15,128 |
| Guatemala | 116 | 1:138,644 | 3,310 |
| Benin | 114 | 1:90,663 | 10,508 |
| Philippines | 113 | 1:895,913 | 81,345 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Taiwan | 87 | 1:269,480 | 2,237 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| China | 31 | 1:44,107,147 | 2,374 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Yô (31) are calculated separately.
Yo (159,573) may also be a first name.
Yo Demographics
Average Male Yo Height
174.1 cm
Average Female Yo Height
160.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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: Yô. 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yô | 83 | 31 | / |
| Yoo | 80 | 29,240 | / |
| Yoa | 80 | 17,443 | / |
| Hyo | 80 | 8,665 | / |
| Yoe | 80 | 6,817 | / |
| Yot | 80 | 5,977 | / |
| Yoh | 80 | 5,415 | / |
| Yoy | 80 | 3,656 | / |
| Yos | 80 | 2,786 | / |
| Yop | 80 | 1,107 | / |
| Yoz | 80 | 1,078 | / |
| Yio | 80 | 864 | / |
| Yod | 80 | 538 | / |
| Yoş | 80 | 379 | / |
| Jyo | 80 | 251 | / |
| Yho | 80 | 63 | / |
| Yoj | 80 | 51 | / |
| Øyo | 80 | 23 | / |
| Yoó | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yoù | 80 | 1 | / |
| Y | 67 | 39,814 | / |
| Yost | 67 | 28,054 | / |
| Yopp | 67 | 1,835 | / |
| Aiyo | 67 | 1,264 | / |
| Eiyo | 67 | 1,009 | / |
| Yott | 67 | 759 | / |
| Yoss | 67 | 653 | / |
| Yoch | 67 | 417 | / |
| Youo | 67 | 386 | / |
| Jyot | 67 | 279 | / |
| Yosh | 67 | 259 | / |
| Ayio | 67 | 187 | / |
| Uyio | 67 | 138 | / |
| Yiho | 67 | 101 | / |
| Hyot | 67 | 95 | / |
| Yoyt | 67 | 88 | / |
| Yoou | 67 | 81 | / |
| Aayo | 67 | 81 | / |
| Yooy | 67 | 69 | / |
| Oyio | 67 | 61 | / |
| Yots | 67 | 60 | / |
| Yobp | 67 | 43 | / |
| Oiyo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Yodh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Yioi | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ayyo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Eyio | 67 | 29 | / |
| Jyos | 67 | 23 | / |
| Yoie | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yodz | 67 | 16 | / |
| Yo'o | 67 | 15 | / |
| Hyoe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hyho | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hyos | 67 | 10 | / |
| Jyoy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ajyo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yhos | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eyjo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yocz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yosp | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yohu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yoee | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yooi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hyoy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hyoh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yoaa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eyyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uiyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Youu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jyoh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oyjo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yoyp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yoyd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yohd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Euyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yodt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yohy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hyop | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yhou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayjo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yozz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yiot | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yioz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jyod | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yhoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yohz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yoph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yoyô | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yooj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yioy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yosd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yotd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yosj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yohj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yojd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yooo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yodd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yozt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yopf | 67 | 0 | / |
Yo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡོ་ | yo | - |
| Yo in the Hindi language | ||
| यो | yo | - |
| Yo in the Marathi language | ||
| यो | yo | - |
| Yo in the Russian language | ||
| Йо | jo | - |
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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 Yo
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