Yakwai Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yakwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Yakwai (25) may also be a first name.
Yakwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakwai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yakwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yakwai is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Yakwai live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yakwai is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name in the world, held by 25 people.
Yakwai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Yakwai is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Yakwai exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakwaji | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yakwa | 91 | 396 | / |
| Yakwi | 91 | 18 | / |
| Iakwai | 83 | 32 | / |
| Yokwai | 83 | 27 | / |
| Yaakwa | 83 | 8 | / |
| Yakwoi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Hyakwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yagwai | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jakwai | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yakwau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yackwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwoyi | 77 | 28 | / |
| Yakwaya | 77 | 22 | / |
| Yackway | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yankway | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yakwayu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaakwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yakwiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yakwayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yankwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yagwayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jakwa | 73 | 324 | / |
| Jakwi | 73 | 252 | / |
| Yokwa | 73 | 205 | / |
| Yakua | 73 | 141 | / |
| Yakwe | 73 | 134 | / |
| Yagwa | 73 | 117 | / |
| Yakui | 73 | 105 | / |
| Yagwi | 73 | 21 | / |
| Yokwi | 73 | 13 | / |
| Yaqwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Eakwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yacwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahaikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yangwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jakway | 67 | 161 | / |
| Yokwei | 67 | 105 | / |
| Jakwau | 67 | 34 | / |
| Yakuha | 67 | 32 | / |
| Jakwad | 67 | 25 | / |
| Yonkwi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Jakwat | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ajokwa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Yaakua | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hyakui | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yaagui | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jaikwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yiokwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yankui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yakewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jackwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yankua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ijakwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eyokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yackui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yacwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yagewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giakwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaqway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaguai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yagkua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jakwio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakweh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Yakwai
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