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
Yongou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yongou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yongou is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yongou are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yongou is also the 262,971st most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 944 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 62 percent are found, North Region, where 15 percent are found and Far North Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
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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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