Yauyau Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

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

Yauyau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yauyau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Yauyau Last Name Facts

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

Yauyau (Russian: Яуяу) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yauyau.

How Common Is The Last Name Yauyau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. Yauyau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Yauyau are found; 83 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea Yauyau is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 66 percent are found, West New Britain, where 24 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 10 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 3 percent are found and Fiji, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yauya9116/
Yaouyaou861/
Yatuya8340/
Yahuya8317/
Yaouya838/
Yasuya838/
Yauhya831/
Yaouau831/
Yaouayaou801/
Yahouya772/
Yahauya772/
Yaoyaou771/
Yauhaya771/
Yauyo731,570/
Yaiya73284/
Youya73157/
Yaoya73107/
Yayya73107/
Jauya7356/
Yayia7336/
Jauau735/
Yaouu733/
Yauyi732/
Yayoa732/
Yauye731/
Yayja731/
Yahouiya711/
Yahiya6712,012/
Youyou673,570/
Yaheya672,661/
Jatuya671,108/
Yahyia67202/
Yasaya67171/
Yasuyo67164/
Yauyos67131/
Yataya6786/
Jauyah6772/
Yahyya6745/
Yasiya6741/
Youyah6732/
Yahuja6728/
Jaujau6719/
Yatiya6712/
Yosuya6712/
Yahoya6711/
Yaciya679/
Yahuyi679/
Yayhya677/
Yayyad677/
Yayiya676/
Yaihya675/
Youyap674/
Yayyah674/
Jaouya674/
Yaiyad672/
Yaouja672/
Jahuya672/
Yaseya672/
Yayhay672/
Yaehya671/
Yayiah671/
Yayyaz671/
Hyauhy671/
Jauyya671/
Yayyat671/
Yatoya671/
Yaceya671/
Yaauai671/
Yaouia671/
Youyha671/
Yatuyo671/
Jasuya671/
Yotuya671/
Youyad671/
Yasuye671/
Yauhey670/

Yauyau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yauyau in the Russian language
Яуяуauau-

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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 Yauyau
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