Yabwa Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Yabwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yabwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Yabwa (31) may also be a first name.

Yabwa Last Name Facts

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

Yabwa occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yabwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yabwa is the 1,674,734th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. Yabwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yabwa live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 31 people.

Yabwa is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Apart from The DR Congo Yabwa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yabwau919/
Yabwath832/
Yabwuat831/
Yobwa80507/
Yabba80290/
Yabua80161/
Jabwa8036/
Yapwa8011/
Yabwe802/
Yabwi801/
Yabwo801/
Yaheebwa771/
Yabuah7337/
Yabbai736/
Yampwa735/
Yabuha732/
Yabbay731/
Yabuat731/
Giabwa731/
Yabuaa731/
Yabbau731/
Jabway730/
Yamphwa6734/
Yabuaat672/
Yajpwad671/
Yabuath671/
Jabwaya671/

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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 Yabwa
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