Yoroko Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Yoroko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 142 | 1:162,473 | 7,433 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Yoroko (336) may also be a first name.
Yoroko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoroko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yoroko occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoroko? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,478,479th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. Yoroko occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Yoroko live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yoroko is also the 477,199th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 336 people.
The surname Yoroko is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 162,473. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 65 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent live and Comoé District, where 6 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyoroko | 92 | 105 | / |
| Eyoroko | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yorokou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yorosko | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yroko | 91 | 6 | / |
| Yoroshko | 86 | 25 | / |
| Ayorokou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ayorokoi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yoroukou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yoroka | 83 | 107 | / |
| Yoruko | 83 | 77 | / |
| Yaroko | 83 | 56 | / |
| Yorako | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yrokoi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ioroko | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yrochko | 77 | 56 | / |
| Yarosko | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ojoroko | 77 | 5 | / |
| Yarokho | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yarokoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yorasko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yroukou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarouko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iroko | 73 | 6,989 | / |
| Eroko | 73 | 93 | / |
| Yrako | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yroka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaroshko | 71 | 1,039 | / |
| Yaroszko | 71 | 12 | / |
| Yaroukou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Yotrakot | 71 | 4 | / |
| Yarochko | 71 | 3 | / |
| Joroshko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hiroko | 67 | 217 | / |
| Erokho | 67 | 94 | / |
| Yaroka | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yarako | 67 | 9 | / |
| Joroka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Heroko | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yoreka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Irokop | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jrokoo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Irouko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Irokko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yareko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Irooko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoraka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irokod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irosko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaroko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irokoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irokoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oirako | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oiroka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irokoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yoroko
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