Yorou Surname
Approximately 7,995 people bear this surname
Yorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5,537 | 1:1,867 | 231 |
| Togo | 2,415 | 1:3,001 | 427 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Yorou (4,591) may also be a first name.
Yorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yorou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺭﻭ) is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yorou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yorou is the 62,744th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 911,513 people. Yorou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yorou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yorou is also the 101,346th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 4,591 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 5,537 people, or 1 in 1,867. In Benin Yorou is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 42 percent live, Donga Department, where 24 percent live and Atakora Department, where 19 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 30 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yorou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yorou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﺭﻭ | ywrw | 72.73 |
| ﻳﻮﺭ | ywr | 18.18 |
| ﻳﺮﻭ | yrw | 9.09 |
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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 Yorou
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