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/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yawai is the 506,165th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 common first name at a global level, borne by 334 people.
The surname Yawai is most frequent in Thailand, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 252,280. In Thailand Yawai is most prevalent in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 88 percent live, Bangkok, where 4 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 4 percent live. Besides Thailand it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common 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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