Yawa Surname
Approximately 19,685 people bear this surname
Yawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,001 | 1:10,833 | 1,355 |
| Kenya | 3,308 | 1:13,960 | 1,714 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,852 | 1:12,457 | 1,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,617 | 1:5,042 | 295 |
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| Cameroon | 1,445 | 1:14,373 | 1,965 |
| Nigeria | 1,032 | 1:171,650 | 10,622 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Benin | 545 | 1:18,964 | 2,537 |
| Indonesia | 478 | 1:276,672 | 24,941 |
| Nepal | 460 | 1:61,915 | 1,665 |
| Niger | 330 | 1:58,158 | 2,800 |
| Thailand | 243 | 1:290,693 | 50,038 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Burkina Faso | 169 | 1:108,592 | 3,288 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| Liberia | 59 | 1:74,721 | 6,295 |
| Peru | 57 | 1:557,616 | 14,875 |
| Lesotho | 37 | 1:54,934 | 8,266 |
| Namibia | 33 | 1:73,012 | 7,607 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Yawa (85,683) may also be a first name.
Yawa Demographics
Yawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yawa (Arabic: ياوا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻯ) is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 27,303rd most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 370,208 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Yawa reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yawa is also the 11,671st most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 85,683 people.
Yawa is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 5,001 people, or 1 in 10,833. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent reside, Western Cape, where 18 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Aside from South Africa Yawa occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent reside.
Yawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Yawa last name is primarily Christian (68%) in Kenya.
The amount Yawa earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 34.62% less than the national average, earning R 155,364 per year and in United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﻯ | ywy | 33.33 |
| ﻳﺎﻭﻯ | yawy | 33.33 |
| ﻳﺎﻭﺍ | yawa | 33.33 |
| Yawa in the Arabic language | ||
| ياوا | yawa | - |
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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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- 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 Yawa
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