Yawali Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

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

Yawali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1311:1,352,23553,045
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Niger221:872,36419,806
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Yawali (167) may also be a first name.

Yawali Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yawali is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawali? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yawali is the 945,594th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Yawali live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yawali is also the 708,111th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 167 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria Yawali is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 27 percent are found, Zamfara, where 22 percent are found and Yobe, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawalai921/
Yawalie921/
Yawalei921/
Yawale8313,630/
Jawali832,382/
Yowali83714/
Yawala83490/
Yabali83282/
Yaweli83100/
Iawali8322/
Yawaly835/
Yauali835/
Yavali834/
Yawalé832/
Jawhali77119/
Yawaley77114/
Yavasli7768/
Jawalia7752/
Yawalle7729/
Yavalli779/
Yawuala779/
Yawalea778/
Jawalgi776/
Yabaali774/
Jawalid774/
Jahwali774/
Jawalai772/
Yawaile772/
Iawalli771/
Yawouli771/
Yawaleh771/
Jawalei771/
Jawalih771/
Jawwali771/
Yawalee771/
Yawaler771/
Yawwale771/
Yawally771/
Yawaila771/
Yaawale771/
Yavalgi771/
Yowalli771/
Eyiabali7131/
Aayawale717/
Yatvalli717/
Jawallie716/
Jyavalli713/
Jawahlia711/
Yawalley711/
Yaavalli711/
Yasvalli711/
Ayyabali711/
Jaiswali711/
Jabali6720,920/
Javali676,518/
Jawale674,196/
Yowala673,271/
Yavala67966/
Yavale67922/
Yoweli67814/
Yabale67182/
Yawele67112/
Jawala67109/
Yowale6764/
Yawole6721/
Jowali6716/
Yavoli6710/
Youali676/
Haiyawale675/
Jaweli673/
Iawale672/
Yawola672/
Jawaly672/
Jyashwale671/
Eavali671/
Yauala671/

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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 Yawali
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