Yaiwo Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yaiwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yaiwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447

Yaiwo (57) may also be a first name.

Yaiwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yaiwo is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaiwo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Yaiwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Yaiwo reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaiwo is also the 1,308,380th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 57 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 40 percent reside, Oyo, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yayiwoh831/
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Iaiwo807/
Yaibo805/
Yaiwap7329/
Yayiwa7316/
Yaiwad738/
Yaisuo737/
Yaibuo734/
Yayibo732/
Yaewoi731/
Youiwo731/
Yahiova673/
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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 Yaiwo
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