Yokou Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Yokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 396 | 1:26,100 | 3,496 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93 | 1:87,674 | 11,644 |
| Ivory Coast | 68 | 1:339,283 | 12,260 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Yokou (645) may also be a first name.
Yokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yokou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 529,538th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,927,244 people. Yokou occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Yokou are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 327,343rd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 645 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 26,100. In Benin Yokou is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 78 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 8 percent reside and Collines Department, where 5 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Yokou
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