Yoroba Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Yoroba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 319 | 1:72,324 | 4,030 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yoroba (101) may also be a first name.
Yoroba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoroba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yoroba (Marathi: योरोबा) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoroba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yoroba is the 757,040th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Yoroba live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yoroba is also the 940,641st most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 101 people.
It is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 319 people, or 1 in 72,324. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent live, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 25 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 24 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yoroba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yoroba in the Marathi language | ||
| योरोबा | yoroba | - |
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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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- 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 Yoroba
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