Yanguwa Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

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

Yanguwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanguwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Uganda321:1,219,97748,798
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Yanguwa (16) may also be a first name.

Yanguwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yanguwa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yanguwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanguwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,755,741st most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. Yanguwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Yanguwa live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yanguwa is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 16 people.

The last name Yanguwa is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Beside The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 29 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yangouwa931/
Yanguba86322/
Yanguwe8631/
Janguwa863/
Yanguwo861/
Yangouba8055/
Yonguwua8030/
Janguhwa8021/
Janguwah801/
Yangowe7134/
Yanguve711/
Yangowo711/
Janguba711/
Jangubai67702/
Yongowua676/
Janguhua671/
Yongauwo671/
Jangoowa671/
Janggubai634/
Jangubhai632/
Yongowe5723/
Jangowe572/
Jangowo571/
Jangiva571/
Yongubee53159/
Jangoeva5320/
Jongowai531/
Ayongowe531/
Yangivoy531/
Yonngubee501/

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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 Yanguwa
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