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
Yoyem is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoyem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yoyem live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Yoyem is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon Yoyem is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 23 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Yoyem exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Spain, where 2 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
- 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 Yoyem
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