Yakawu Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

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

Yakawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yakawu 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
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632
Papua New Guinea631:129,42417,695
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Yakawu (237) may also be a first name.

Yakawu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yakawu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yakawu.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakawu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,484,726th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. Yakawu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Yakawu are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 581,650th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 237 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria Yakawu is primarily concentrated in: Niger, where 35 percent live, Gombe, where 23 percent live and Adamawa, where 16 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 44 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

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
Yakawou9210/
Yakewu831/
Yakawoe771/
Yakkabu771/
Ajokauwu711/
Ejiakawu711/
Jakavu67164/
Yakovu6713/
Yacavu671/
Yacabu671/

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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 Yakawu
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