Yosu Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Yosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Yosu (461) may also be a first name.
Yosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yosu (Marathi: योसु) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Yosu are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yosu is also the 397,322nd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 461 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 67 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Ogun, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Thailand, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yosu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yosu in the Marathi language | ||
| योसु | yosu | - |
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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 Yosu
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