Yawanis Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

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

Yawanis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawanis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea621:131,51218,033
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970

Yawanis (25) may also be a first name.

Yawanis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yawanis is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawanis? popularity and diffusion

Yawanis is the 1,980,395th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Yawanis live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yawanis is also the 2,136,160th most common forename throughout the world It is held by 25 people.

The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 56 percent reside, Enga, where 19 percent reside and Western, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea Yawanis occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Yawanis Last Name Statistics demography

Yawanis earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.67% less than the national average, earning $15,675 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yowanis86127/
Jawanis8618/
Yavanis861/
Yawanes861/
Yowhanis804/
Yawanees804/
Youanis7128/
Yowanes7123/
Jowanis718/
Yovanis713/
Yobanis712/
Yabanes712/
Yowanys711/
Iabanis711/
Jawonis711/
Jabanis711/
Yowhanes678/
Yosvanis673/
Yavanets672/
Jowanise672/

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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 Yawanis
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