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) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yorou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yorou is the 62,744th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 911,513 people. Yorou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yorou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,346th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 4,591 people.
The surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 5,537 people, or 1 in 1,867. In Benin it is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 42 percent live, Donga Department, where 24 percent live and Atakora Department, where 19 percent live. Other than Benin Yorou is found in 9 countries. It is also common 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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