Yalwa Surname
Approximately 4,499 people bear this surname
Yalwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,786 | 1:46,789 | 3,630 |
| Niger | 361 | 1:53,163 | 2,619 |
| South Africa | 334 | 1:162,209 | 18,194 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yalwa (6,036) may also be a first name.
Yalwa Demographics
Yalwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yalwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yalwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yalwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yalwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 104,333rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,619,815 people. The last name Yalwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yalwa live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yalwa is also the 85,344th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 6,036 people.
The last name Yalwa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,786 people, or 1 in 46,789. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 32 percent live, Bauchi, where 20 percent live and Kano, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Yalwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (66%) in Nigeria.
Yalwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.14% less than the national average, earning R 89,964 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yalewa | 91 | 1,075 | / |
| Yalwai | 91 | 15 | / |
| Yalwad | 91 | 4 | / |
| Yalwaja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yallewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yolwa | 80 | 750 | / |
| Jalwa | 80 | 117 | / |
| Yalva | 80 | 86 | / |
| Yalwe | 80 | 81 | / |
| Yalba | 80 | 56 | / |
| Yalua | 80 | 54 | / |
| Yalwi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Yalwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ialwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ealwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yallewwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yalvaç | 73 | 7,631 | / |
| Ihalwa | 73 | 219 | / |
| Jalwap | 73 | 62 | / |
| Yalbai | 73 | 35 | / |
| Jalwah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Jailwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yalewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jalwad | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jalwaj | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yaluha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jalwai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jalhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ialwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hihalwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jalwash | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yolwash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaluhas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jalwath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yasilua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaselua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaluayi | 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 Yalwa
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