Youwou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Youwou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Youwou (11) may also be a first name.
Youwou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youwou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Youwou is found most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youwou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Youwou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Youwou live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Youwou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 96 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youwouh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Youwu | 91 | 238 | / |
| Youwo | 91 | 114 | / |
| Youbou | 83 | 315 | / |
| Youswo | 83 | 11 | / |
| Youwoy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youwoi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youwoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youwuo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youvou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youboue | 77 | 41 | / |
| Yaoubou | 77 | 11 | / |
| Youwoye | 77 | 5 | / |
| Youwa | 73 | 607 | / |
| Youbo | 73 | 454 | / |
| Yauwu | 73 | 29 | / |
| Yauwo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Youbu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Youvo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yahoubou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Yousuo | 67 | 858 | / |
| Youway | 67 | 113 | / |
| Youwah | 67 | 85 | / |
| Youwei | 67 | 53 | / |
| Youvop | 67 | 37 | / |
| Youbeu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Yaouwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Youhua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Youssouha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yousua | 67 | 3 | / |
| Youboh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yaoubo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Youwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaoubu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youhuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youwap | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Youwou
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