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 has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarwaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Yarwaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Yarwaye reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
Yarwaye is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 183,689. In Liberia Yarwaye is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent reside, Rivercess County, where 25 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Ghana, where 3 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
- 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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