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
Yovsi occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yovsi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yovsi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Yovsi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yovsi live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon Yovsi is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and West Region, where 5 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
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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 Yovsi
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