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
The surname Yanowa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yanowa is the 5,812,366th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name 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 commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname Yanowa is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Yanowa is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 30 percent reside and East Sepik, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Yanowa is found in one country. It is also found 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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