Yagwe Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

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

Yagwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yagwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Yagwe (11) may also be a first name.

Yagwe Last Name Facts

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

Yagwe is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yagwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yagwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Yagwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yagwe are found; 66 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yagwet9111/
Yagweh911/
Yagweed831/
Yague809,877/
Jagwe801,333/
Yagbe80469/
Yakwe80134/
Yagwa80117/
Yagve8053/
Yagwi8021/
Yogwe802/
Iagwe801/
Jjagwe731,219/
Jaggwe73416/
Yagoue73226/
Yagbea7327/
Eyogwe7319/
Yiague735/
Jiagwe733/
Yagwai732/
Yagbeï732/
Yaguey731/
Yagkue731/
Yahgue731/
Yaghue731/
Yagbei731/
Yakwet731/
Yakweh731/
Yakgue731/
Jaagwe731/
Jagwea731/
Yaguei731/
Ayogwe731/
Ajogwe731/
Yakwei731/
Yagbey731/
Yakwea731/
Yagvez731/
Jagwed731/
Jjaggwe6794/
Jiagwei6729/
Yagouet6714/
Yagwaha678/
Yangque676/
Yaougue672/
Eyiagbe671/
Yagbeah671/
Jaygweh671/
Jagwuer671/
Hyangwy671/
Jaangwe671/
Jangweh671/
Yongkwe671/
Yongweh671/
Yongwey671/
Ijangwe671/
Jangwea671/
Uyiagbe671/
Jagwesh671/

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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 Yagwe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis