Yawanu Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Yawanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 59 | 1:40,837 | 5,469 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
Yawanu (15) may also be a first name.
Yawanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yawanu is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yawanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Yawanu reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 40,837. In Namibia Yawanu is primarily found in: Kavango East Region, where 44 percent are found, Zambezi Region, where 44 percent are found and Oshikoto Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Yawanu
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