Yokoua Surname

652,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Yokoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yokoua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin4221:24,4923,272
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Ivory Coast181:1,281,73528,562
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yokoua (58) may also be a first name.

Yokoua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yokoua is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yokoua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 652,085th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yokoua reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yokoua is also the 1,295,729th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 58 people.

The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 24,492. In Benin Yokoua is primarily found in: Atakora Department, where 84 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 15 percent are found and Donga Department, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yokoa9120/
Ykoua911/
Yakoua83318/
Yokoha83101/
Yikoua8314/
Yookoa835/
Yokoai831/
Hykoua831/
Yokoué831/
Yokoah831/
Yokoyea776/
Yakhoua774/
Yokoe737,708/
Ekoua731,053/
Ikoua73154/
Yakoa73101/
Yokae739/
Yikoa732/
Yokao732/
Jokoa732/
Yokoyeah7118/
Yakaou67232/
Yokoye67165/
Yakoui67165/
Yokohi67156/
Yakouo6777/
Aykaou6733/
Yakuha6732/
Yacoua6732/
Yokowe6730/
Ekouas6730/
Goikoa6725/
Ekouah678/
Yokaeo676/
Aikoua674/
Yookao672/
Hekoua672/
Jokouj672/
Yodkao671/
Ikouaa671/
Ickoua671/
Jodkoa671/
Yakoas671/
Jhokoa671/
Ayokae671/
Ekouaa671/
Gikoua671/
Jakoua671/
Ikouas671/
Oikaua671/
Jkouah671/
Yokeay671/

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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 Yokoua
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