Yolou Surname
Approximately 3,946 people bear this surname
Yolou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,908 | 1:3,554 | 446 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Ivory Coast | 288 | 1:80,108 | 4,373 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Yolou (627) may also be a first name.
Yolou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yolou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yolou is found most in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yolou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,772nd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,846,819 people. The surname Yolou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Yolou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 332,667th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 627 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 2,908 people, or 1 in 3,554. In Benin it is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 85 percent live, Borgou Department, where 5 percent live and Collines Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding Benin Yolou exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent live.
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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 Yolou
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