Yabua Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yabua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yabua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Cameroon441:472,02438,779
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220

Yabua (53) may also be a first name.

Yabua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yabua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yabua is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yabua.

How Common Is The Last Name Yabua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,369,340th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Yabua is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Yabua live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yabua is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 53 people.

This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea Yabua is most frequent in: Western, where 43 percent live, Hela, where 26 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 19 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent live and The DR Congo, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yabuah9137/
Yabuha912/
Yabuat911/
Yabuaa911/
Yabuaat832/
Yabwuat831/
Yabuath831/
Jabua80779/
Yabba80290/
Yabwa80118/
Yapua8058/
Yafua8055/
Yavua8055/
Yobua803/
Yabuo802/
Eabua801/
Yotbua73202/
Iatbua7339/
Yoobua7311/
Yabwau739/
Yabbou736/
Yabbai736/
Jaibua735/
Ijabua735/
Yapuat734/
Yaphua734/
Yabuoh734/
Jabuha732/
Jhabua731/
Jabuad731/
Yabbay731/
Giabua731/
Yapuas731/
Yabbau731/
Yapuah731/
Ojiabua677/
Yabwath672/
Jabuhat672/
Jabuaad671/
Iabhuay671/
Yobuhay671/

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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 Yabua
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