Yalawa Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

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

Yalawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yalawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yalawa (240) may also be a first name.

Yalawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yalawa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yalawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yalawa is the 2,460,878th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Yalawa is mostly found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Yalawa are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 577,234th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 240 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Yalawa is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 73 percent reside, West New Britain, where 17 percent reside and Enga, where 3 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Qatar, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yalaewa923/
Yaleawa921/
Yalawai921/
Yallawa921/
Yallawad864/
Yallaway860/
Yalewa831,075/
Yalawe83166/
Yalava83111/
Yalaba8359/
Jalawa8339/
Yalowa8329/
Yalawo834/
Ialawa831/
Uyyalawad801/
Yalavaç771,180/
Yalaeva77543/
Yalavad7794/
Yalavaş7760/
Yalouwa7731/
Yalavaz7727/
Hyalaba7726/
Ajolawa776/
Jalawah775/
Yallowa774/
Yallava774/
Ayolawa774/
Jhalawa774/
Jalawai773/
Yalabai773/
Ealaiwa773/
Jallawa771/
Yallewa771/
Yialaba771/
Jalawap771/
Yaàlawi771/
Yaalawi771/
Yaalawy771/
Yalovaya71847/
Yalyaeva71128/
Yallavad7164/
Yallabai7147/
Yallaeva7122/
Yalabhai7120/
Hyallaba7112/
Jhalawad719/
Yalavatt718/
Yotlawat714/
Healaway714/
Yalloway714/
Jallawad712/
Yallewwa711/
Yalovaja711/
Jallawat711/
Yalaivay711/
Ojyalawo711/
Yallawoi711/
Jailawua711/
Jhalawat711/
Jaslawat711/
Jalawi672,159/
Jalava671,382/
Yalova671,015/
Yalabi67128/
Jalaba67110/
Jalewa67106/
Yalavi6764/
Yolowa6748/
Yalave6743/
Yalabe6730/
Jalawe6721/
Yaleva6716/
Yaloba6713/
Yalavo6712/
Yaylyaeva674/
Yalaby673/
Yolawo672/
Hyhalaeva672/
Yalowi671/
Jalawo671/
Yallahwoi671/
Yolaba671/
Jalawy671/
Yalowe671/
Ealava670/

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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 Yalawa
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