Yonkou Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Yonkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Yonkou (22) may also be a first name.
Yonkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yonkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yonkou is most common in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yonkou? popularity and diffusion
Yonkou is the 1,931,261st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname Yonkou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yonkou are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yonkou is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 22 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 236,012. In Cameroon Yonkou is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent live, Centre Region, where 36 percent live and West Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 1 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 Yonkou
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