Yauwe Surname

694,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yauwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yauwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea4241:19,2301,965
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Yauwe (160) may also be a first name.

Yauwe Last Name Facts

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

Yauwe occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yauwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yauwe is the 694,796th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Yauwe reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 725,185th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 160 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 19,230. In Papua New Guinea Yauwe is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 44 percent live, Chimbu, where 39 percent live and National Capital District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Yauwe is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yauwei9111/
Yauw89533/
Youwe80164/
Yauwa80114/
Yauve8026/
Yauwi8011/
Yaube807/
Yaowe805/
Yahuw803/
Youweh7358/
Youwei7353/
Yaowei7323/
Yaouwa7311/
Youwet732/
Yoyuwe731/
Youhwe731/
Youswe731/
Yaoube731/
Ioyuwe731/
Yaeuwa731/
Yaubee731/
Oyiauw731/
Youwea731/
Yauwai731/
Youw671,060/
Yahoube672/
You'wei671/
Yauchue671/

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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 Yauwe
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