Yougouda Surname

45,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yougouda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yougouda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon9,9291:2,092210
Chad7701:17,6522,191
Niger6221:30,8551,743
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yougouda (10,338) may also be a first name.

Yougouda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yougouda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yougouda is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yougouda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 45,795th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 643,606 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yougouda reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Yougouda is also the 59,915th most numerous forename in the world, held by 10,338 people.

The last name Yougouda is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 9,929 people, or 1 in 2,092. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 57 percent are found, North Region, where 23 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 7 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yougoudda942/
Youguda933/
Yugouda931/
Yougoda931/
Yougoudo887/
Yaugouda885/
Yougoude882/
Yaogouda881/
Yougoudi881/
Yougauda881/
Jougouda881/
Yuguda8611,299/
Yugoda861/
Yougoudou8212/
Yugguda802/
Yugudah802/
Yunguda801/
Yugudai801/
Yauguda801/
Yugudaa801/
Yuyguda801/
Ayogoudo756/
Yougudeh752/
Yugada7119/
Jougoudou717/
Jogoda715/
Juguda712/
Junguda675/
Jugudha671/

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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 Yougouda
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