Yongou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Yongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yongou (944) may also be a first name.
Yongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yongou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yongou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Yongou is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yongou live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yongou is also the 262,971st most common given name globally, borne by 944 people.
The surname Yongou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 62 percent live, North Region, where 15 percent live and Far North Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 36 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 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 Yongou
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