Yovsi Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Yovsi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yovsi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yovsi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yovsi is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yovsi? popularity and diffusion
Yovsi is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Yovsi occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yovsi live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon Yovsi is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside and West Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Yovsi occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Yovsi
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