Yanwo Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Yanwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Yanwo (572) may also be a first name.
Yanwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yanwo is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanwo? popularity and diffusion
Yanwo is the 1,537,949th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name Yanwo is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yanwo live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 350,532nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 572 people.
The last name Yanwo is most common in Benin, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 109,953. In Benin Yanwo is primarily found in: Collines Department, where 84 percent reside, Zou Department, where 13 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 1 percent reside. Beside Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanwou | 91 | 15 | / |
| Yanwoi | 91 | 5 | / |
| Yanwa | 80 | 109 | / |
| Yanbo | 80 | 58 | / |
| Yanvo | 80 | 35 | / |
| Janwo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ehanwo | 73 | 166 | / |
| Oyonwo | 73 | 38 | / |
| Yanvou | 73 | 37 | / |
| Yanwah | 73 | 34 | / |
| Yanewa | 73 | 20 | / |
| Yanevo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Yanbou | 73 | 14 | / |
| Yaanwa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yanwaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yonwou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yanboi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yanwua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanboo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihanwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jianwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanmbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ijanwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Janwood | 67 | 18 | / |
| Yohanwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ogianwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yangnuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eyianwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ianwood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yamnwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaanwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aayanwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yamwout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajonwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejeanwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehanwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yanvoot | 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
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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 Yanwo
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