Yougue Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yougue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yougue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon871:238,72523,654
Mauritania181:227,49210,961
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Yougue (104) may also be a first name.

Yougue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yougue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻛﻪ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yougue.

How Common Is The Last Name Yougue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,710,039th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yougue reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yougue is also the 925,156th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 104 people.

The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 52 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 23 percent reside and Centre Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.

Yougue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yougue has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yougue last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yougoue92499/
Yaougue922/
Hyougue921/
Youngque8636/
Yougouet862/
Younggue861/
Yougui838/
Yougbe835/
Youque832/
Yougwe831/
Yougke831/
Youg8087/
Yahougoue801/
Yougouehe801/
Yaougui7725/
Yougbeh772/
Yaoukue771/
Youquet771/
Yougbee771/
Yough731,067/
Youke73135/
Youjg737/
Yougp731/
Yoaug731/
Yougc731/
Yougg730/
Youhg730/
Yougs730/
Yougt730/
Yousg730/
Yaouke67390/
Youcke6711/
Youkui677/
Youngquoi676/
Hyough676/
Yougwa673/
Yougbi673/
Yougvi671/
Youkwe671/
Yauque671/
Youqui671/
Iouque671/

Yougue Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yougue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﻛﻪywkh45.45
ﻳﻮﻙywk27.27
ﻳﻮﻛﻲywky9.09
ﻳﻮﻛﻮywkw9.09
ﻳﻮﻕywq9.09

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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
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  • 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 Yougue
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