Yarwoah Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yarwoah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yarwoah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia361:122,4599,313
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yarwoah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yarwoah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yarwoah.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarwoah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Yarwoah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Yarwoah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 122,459. In Liberia Yarwoah is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 78 percent live, Montserrado County, where 14 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 3 percent live. Not including Liberia it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarwoath931/
Yarboua712/
Jarboa62411/
Jarboua57316/
Earvaho571/
Jarbouai538/
Jarbou'a535/
Jarbouaa532/
Hjarboua531/
D'Jarboua501/
Iorwuaaho501/
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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 Yarwoah
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