Youyou Surname

127,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,570 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Youyou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Youyou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1,7021:22,6984,146
Morocco1,1251:30,6454,894
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
France351:1,897,792163,564
Haiti141:763,13611,139
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
China131:105,178,5825,529
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

Youyou (53,756) may also be a first name.

Youyou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Youyou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻳﻮ) occurs most in Algeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Youyou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 127,140th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,041,329 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Youyou live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 79 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 17,386th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 53,756 people.

The last name Youyou is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,702 people, or 1 in 22,698. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 85 percent live, Boumerdès Province, where 7 percent live and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 32 percent live and Egypt, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eyouyou923/
Uyouyou921/
Youyout921/
Yuyou9143/
Youyu9124/
Aayouyou861/
Yaouyaou861/
Youhou8372/
Jouyou834/
Youjou831/
Iyouyu831/
Yuyu801,468/
Youyhuj771/
Youjous771/
Youeu73261/
Yuyus73152/
Yuyuh7336/
Yuyup7328/
Juyou7327/
Jouou7310/
Yuyut739/
Yueyu738/
Yuyue736/
Yuyua734/
Yaouu733/
Youju733/
Yuyau733/
Oyuyu731/
Yuyuy731/
Yuyyu731/
Yauyu731/
Youoyuie711/
Yayouhou711/
Joujou67982/
Yooyoo67157/
Juyoux6754/
Yauyau6736/
Youjui6712/
Youheu678/
Yoojuy675/
Ioyoou674/
Yuyuph673/
Yiuyiu672/
Yoyouy672/
Youeuh671/
Youjeu671/
Yuyyuy671/
Yuyuiy671/
Yhuyhu671/
Oyuyut671/
Yoiouu671/
Juyouh671/
Yuyuts671/
Yujyuj671/
Yaouau671/
Youhoo671/

Youyou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Youyou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﻳﻮywyw-

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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
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  • 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 Youyou
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