Yawo Forename

18,753rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 49,215 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Yawo Forename User-submission:

The name Yawo derives from the Ewe word ya, meaning 'born on Thursday' (Yáwóada), 'linked to the earth'. The Akan and Ewe people frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born.

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Yawo Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo-45,7391:15811
Nigeria
 
71%
1,1791:150,6067,257
Benin
82%
 
7901:13,3871,646
Ghana
100%
6741:40,0392,307
DR Congo
 
96%
1991:370,99314,033
United States
100%
1211:2,996,17343,819
Cameroon
 
78%
1141:189,5668,185
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
Papua New Guinea
79%
 
791:103,1949,373
Burkina Faso
100%
441:417,71515,019
Ivory Coast
77%
 
251:923,03728,068
Niger
 
64%
221:872,00014,391
India
 
87%
201:60,743,899978,266
France
75%
 
171:3,910,02017,575
Belgium
57%
 
121:957,50311,814
Indonesia-121:21,496,972534,363
England
100%
91:6,178,10252,254
Switzerland
50%
 
61:1,368,91614,223
Brazil-61:35,706,026284,222
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
Gabon
100%
41:470,8342,822
Congo
100%
41:1,252,30119,043
South Africa
67%
 
31:18,177,550242,026
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Senegal-21:7,290,67824,413
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Canada
100%
11:33,133,372113,810
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340

Yawo (3,044) may also be a surname.

Yawo Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Yawo derives from the Ewe word ya, meaning 'born on Thursday' (Yáwóada), 'linked to the earth'. The Akan and Ewe people frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born.

- t0n13

Yawo Forename Popularity

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