Yauwa Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Yauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yauwa (109) may also be a first name.
Yauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yauwa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yauwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,710,039th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Yauwa are found; 53 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 53 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 900,062nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 109 people.
The last name Yauwa is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 135,895. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 37 percent reside, Enga, where 23 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 18 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaouwa | 91 | 11 | / |
| Yaeuwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yauwai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yauba | 80 | 1,765 | / |
| Youwa | 80 | 607 | / |
| Yauwe | 80 | 425 | / |
| Yauwo | 80 | 21 | / |
| Yauwi | 80 | 11 | / |
| Yauva | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yaouba | 73 | 34,821 | / |
| Youway | 73 | 113 | / |
| Youwah | 73 | 85 | / |
| Yaowai | 73 | 58 | / |
| Yauvai | 73 | 30 | / |
| Yauwei | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yaubai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Youwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Youwap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yoauba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eahuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Youwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yauvap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahouba | 67 | 38 | / |
| Aiyauwo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yaoubah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ya'ouba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Youshwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhaouba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahouwa | 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 Yauwa
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