Yawame Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Yawame Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawame Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia941:1,406,90696,143
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Yawame (173) may also be a first name.

Yawame Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yawame occurs most in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawame? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Yawame reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yawame is also the 694,534th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 173 people.

It is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Papua, where 99 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Yawame occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawam9128/
Jawame83147/
Yawama832/
Yauame831/
Yabame831/
Yaswamy771/
Jawam7365/
Yabam7320/
Yawom739/
Yowam731/
Iawam731/
Yauahmed712/
Yabham6755/
Yawomi6718/
Jawami6713/
Yawoma676/
Yavami674/
Yabami673/
Youame672/
Yabome672/
Jawahm671/
Jawajm671/
Eeawam671/
Yabaim671/
Aayaswami671/
Jaweme671/
Jawama671/
Yowham670/

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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 Yawame
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