Yahwa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Yahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Yahwa (10) may also be a first name.
Yahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Yahwa reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahwa is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 10 people.
The surname Yahwa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Yahwa is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent reside and Gombe, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 29 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 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 Yahwa
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