Yanawa Surname
Approximately 1,240 people bear this surname
Yanawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,222 | 1:16,996 | 2,330 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yanawa (125) may also be a first name.
Yanawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yanawa is most common in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yanawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 305,241st most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,877,053 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yanawa reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 832,731st most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 125 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,222 people, or 1 in 16,996. In Cameroon Yanawa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 76 percent reside, North Region, where 21 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yannawa | 92 | 258 | / |
| Yanaway | 92 | 43 | / |
| Yasnawa | 92 | 24 | / |
| Yatnawa | 92 | 19 | / |
| Yanawas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yhanawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yanawai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yanaiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yaanawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yaainawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yannaway | 86 | 0 | / |
| Yanaba | 83 | 843 | / |
| Janawa | 83 | 246 | / |
| Yonawa | 83 | 58 | / |
| Yanava | 83 | 35 | / |
| Yanawi | 83 | 22 | / |
| Yanewa | 83 | 20 | / |
| Yanowa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Eanawa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yanaeva | 77 | 623 | / |
| Janaway | 77 | 448 | / |
| Yonnawa | 77 | 41 | / |
| Yannava | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yanewai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Yanowai | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yanabai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jannawa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Iamnawa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yahnawi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yonawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yangava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jangawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Janawau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yanaiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yanavoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yanoway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yanabhai | 71 | 1,024 | / |
| Jannaway | 71 | 229 | / |
| Yannaeva | 71 | 61 | / |
| Yanhaeva | 71 | 37 | / |
| Yanovaya | 71 | 14 | / |
| Yajnavad | 71 | 4 | / |
| Yanawoot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yahnaeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jahunawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yanaivap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yanahuay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jannahwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jiannawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yannavad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jainawaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jannawad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Janaswai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jannawaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yaneva | 67 | 10,501 | / |
| Yanova | 67 | 5,369 | / |
| Yonaba | 67 | 4,245 | / |
| Yanave | 67 | 601 | / |
| Janawi | 67 | 371 | / |
| Yanabe | 67 | 267 | / |
| Janava | 67 | 99 | / |
| Janewa | 67 | 75 | / |
| Yanabo | 67 | 63 | / |
| Yanabi | 67 | 45 | / |
| Janaba | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yanavi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ianaba | 67 | 15 | / |
| Yanoba | 67 | 13 | / |
| Janawe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yonowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Janowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jahanawaj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yonewa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Giannaway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eonawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jonawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yanowi | 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
- 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 Yanawa
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