Yawah Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Yawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 90 | 1:48,984 | 4,396 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yawah (1,226) may also be a first name.
Yawah Demographics
Yawah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yawah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,281,391st most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Yawah are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Yawah is also the 225,965th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,226 people.
It is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 48,984. In Liberia Yawah is most numerous in: Lofa County, where 33 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 29 percent reside and Bong County, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Liberia it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
Yawah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Yawah
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