Yarwaye Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Yarwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yarwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yarwaye is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarwaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Yarwaye are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 183,689. In Liberia it is most common in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent live, Rivercess County, where 25 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent live. Not including Liberia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Ghana, where 3 percent live.
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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 Yarwaye
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