Yalau Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Yalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Yalau (172) may also be a first name.
Yalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yalau is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yalau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. Yalau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Yalau reside; 89 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 89 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yalau is also the 696,764th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 172 people.
The surname Yalau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Yalau is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 52 percent reside, Madang, where 42 percent reside and Enga, where 3 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 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 Yalau
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