Yanwe Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Yanwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin371:279,34123,629
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697

Yanwe (15) may also be a first name.

Yanwe Last Name Facts

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

Yanwe is found most frequently in Benin. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,203,767th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Yanwe is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Yanwe live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yanwe is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 279,341. In Benin Yanwe is most prevalent in: Atlantique Department, where 49 percent are found, Mono Department, where 19 percent are found and Zou Department, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yanwet9164/
Yanwei9152/
Yanweh9132/
Yanwhe9132/
Yanewe9110/
Yanwea911/
Yanwie911/
Yanwhea8318/
Yaanweh831/
Yanbe80196/
Yanwa80109/
Yanew8066/
Yanwi8061/
Yonwe8028/
Yanue8023/
Janwe8023/
Yanve809/
Eanwe806/
Yianw801/
Yamwe801/
Hyanw801/
Yanbee7368/
Yanoue7346/
Yaneve7323/
Yanwai7321/
Yanway7320/
Janwet7319/
Yonwei7315/
Ayonwe7311/
Yanbey737/
Yaanwa736/
Yanwoi735/
Yanveh735/
Yanbei734/
Yanevi734/
Yaanwi733/
Yanwaa732/
Janweh731/
Yanvea731/
Ehanwe731/
Yanver731/
Yanhwa731/
Yanvey730/
Yiamwet67278/
Jianwei67154/
Janw6787/
Jhanwer6745/
Yanhoue6734/
Yanewai677/
Yonwhea675/
Yanveer674/
Yanvest673/
Eyianwa672/
Yaanwaa671/
Ianw671/
Janweah671/
Yannway671/
Jianwee671/
Aayanwa671/
Janwech671/
Yonw671/
Ijanwei671/
Ijanwie671/
Janwett670/

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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 Yanwe
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