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 is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Yahwa 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 common first name internationally It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Yahwa is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent reside and Gombe, where 50 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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