Yoyem Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Yoyem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Yoyem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoyem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yoyem has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoyem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yoyem reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Yoyem is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 23 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 18 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Yoyem occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Yoyem
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