Yoro Surname
Approximately 25,235 people bear this surname
Yoro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 16,601 | 1:1,390 | 139 |
| Benin | 3,912 | 1:2,642 | 319 |
| Philippines | 1,739 | 1:58,216 | 9,779 |
| Niger | 391 | 1:49,084 | 2,467 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| France | 356 | 1:186,581 | 29,031 |
| United States | 296 | 1:1,224,523 | 86,796 |
| Burkina Faso | 293 | 1:62,635 | 2,511 |
| Nigeria | 262 | 1:676,117 | 31,456 |
| Cameroon | 183 | 1:113,492 | 13,142 |
| Japan | 168 | 1:760,978 | 17,707 |
| Turkey | 138 | 1:563,923 | 30,928 |
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Mauritania | 74 | 1:55,336 | 3,965 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Cambodia | 13 | 1:1,191,319 | 5,802 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Yôro (1) are calculated separately.
Yoro (34,934) may also be a first name.
Yoro Demographics
Yoro Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yoro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yoro (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻭ, Russian: Йоро, Tibetan: ཡོ་རོགས།) is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Yôro. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoro? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,587th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 288,787 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Yoro reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yoro is also the 24,773rd most commonly held given name internationally, held by 34,934 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 16,601 people, or 1 in 1,390. In The Ivory Coast Yoro is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 40 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 15 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 59 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 16 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
Yoro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yoro surname is principally Christian (83%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Yoro are 6.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.7% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yoro earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.51% less than the national average, earning $42,497 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.96% less than the national average, earning $36,785 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yoro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yoro in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡོ་རོགས། | yorok | - |
| Yoro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻭ | yrw | 52.38 |
| ﻳﻮﺭﻭ | ywrw | 33.33 |
| ﻳﻮﺭ | ywr | 14.29 |
| Yoro in the Russian language | ||
| Йоро | joro | - |
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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
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- 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 Yoro
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