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
The surname Yawas is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,860,621st most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Yawas live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 49 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 88,627. In Papua New Guinea Yawas is most prevalent in: Enga, where 26 percent live, Hela, where 23 percent live and Jiwaka, where 22 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs 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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