Yawas Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Yawas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 92 | 1:88,627 | 11,768 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yawas (49) may also be a first name.
Yawas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yawas occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yawas is the 1,860,621st most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. Yawas occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Yawas are found; 93 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 93 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yawas is also the 1,430,306th most common first name at a global level, borne by 49 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 88,627. In Papua New Guinea Yawas is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 26 percent live, Hela, where 23 percent live and Jiwaka, where 22 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yawase | 91 | 14 | / |
| Yawash | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yaweash | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jawas | 80 | 4,109 | / |
| Yabas | 80 | 631 | / |
| Yavas | 80 | 618 | / |
| Yowas | 80 | 27 | / |
| Yawaz | 80 | 25 | / |
| Yawos | 80 | 19 | / |
| Iawas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yauas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yavash | 73 | 94 | / |
| Jawaas | 73 | 68 | / |
| Yavase | 73 | 27 | / |
| Yabass | 73 | 23 | / |
| Jawwas | 73 | 20 | / |
| Jawash | 73 | 20 | / |
| Jawase | 73 | 19 | / |
| Yoways | 73 | 12 | / |
| Jawass | 73 | 7 | / |
| Jaiwas | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jawais | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jawasd | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yabash | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yabhas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eaways | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawous | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawace | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yabais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yauhas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jhawas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiawase | 67 | 175 | / |
| Yowaish | 67 | 35 | / |
| Yashvas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jahwash | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jawwash | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yasuaas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoswast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jayways | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yawas
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