Yawasa Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

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

Yawasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yawasa (59) may also be a first name.

Yawasa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yawasa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawasa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,555,468th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Yawasa is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Yawasa reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 59 people.

The surname Yawasa is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 83 percent are found, East Sepik, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawatsa924/
Yawaza83295/
Yawasi8326/
Yawaso8324/
Yawosa8320/
Yawase8314/
Jawasa8314/
Yavasa8313/
Yabasa8311/
Yowasa831/
Yabasha77122/
Yavasia7713/
Yavasca779/
Jiawasa778/
Yawasit778/
Iawassa772/
Yawasop772/
Jawasia772/
Yabassa772/
Yavatsa771/
Yawadja771/
Yowasha771/
Jawashah711/
Yavashea711/
Yavashat711/
Jabasa67388/
Yowasi67350/
Yabase6772/
Yawoza6763/
Jawasi6741/
Yaweza6734/
Yavase6727/
Yawazo6721/
Yavaca6720/
Jawase6719/
Eawaza6710/
Yabosa679/
Jawadshah678/
Jawosa676/
Yavosa674/
Javasa674/
Jawaza673/
Yabaza673/
Yabasi673/
Yavaso672/
Yavasi672/
Yavesa671/
Yauaca671/
Yavasy671/
Yawazi671/
Yabasy671/
Yabhaisai671/
Jawaca671/
Yobasa671/
Yavashcha671/
Jawaso671/
Jowasa671/
Yowaza671/
Yawace671/
Yawosi671/

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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 Yawasa
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