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 last name Yahwa is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahwa is the 7,117,718th most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Yahwa live; 43 percent live in Southeast Asia and 29 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Yahwa is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent are found and Gombe, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 29 percent are found and Egypt, where 14 percent are found.
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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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