Yawai Surname
Approximately 648 people bear this surname
Yawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 280 | 1:252,280 | 42,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 200 | 1:40,769 | 4,955 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Yawai (334) may also be a first name.
Yawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yawai occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 506,165th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,246,213 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Yawai are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 43 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 478,963rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 334 people.
This last name is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 252,280. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 88 percent live, Bangkok, where 4 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 4 percent live. Aside from Thailand Yawai exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.
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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 Yawai
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