Yambawa Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

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

Yambawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yambawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yambawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yambawa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Yambawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yambawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Yambawa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Yambawa reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Yambawa is most frequent in: Gulf, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Yambawa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jambawa8613/
Yanbawa861/
Yambowa861/
Yambaba861/
Yambaeva80575/
Jambawai8029/
Yambouwa801/
Yanbawi71359/
Jambawe71238/
Jambawo71110/
Jambawi7141/
Jambaba7111/
Jambava716/
Yombawe713/
Yanbaba713/
Yambova712/
Yamboba712/
Yombaba711/
Yanbaeva671,826/
Yambasue6739/
Jambavat674/
Jambaeva674/
Jambahwo672/
Yamboeva671/
Yambabou671/
Iambaeva671/
Jambohwa671/
Jambahwe671/

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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 Yambawa
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