Yanowa Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yanowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Yanowa (15) may also be a first name.
Yanowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yanowa occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Yanowa reside; 91 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 91 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The surname Yanowa is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Yanowa is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 30 percent reside and East Sepik, where 10 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Yanowa
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