Yawat Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

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

Yawat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1501:138,46015,452
Papua New Guinea861:94,81112,690
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Yawat (70) may also be a first name.

Yawat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yawat occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yawat.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 930,678th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name Yawat occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Yawat live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most common forename in the world, held by 70 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 138,460. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent reside, Centre Region, where 33 percent reside and West Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawate91118/
Yawuat914/
Yaywat911/
Yawgat911/
Yawathe83182/
Ayyawat839/
Yahawat831/
Jawat80380/
Yabat8092/
Yavat8042/
Yowat8028/
Iawat8014/
Yawot8011/
Yawad8010/
Yashwate771/
Jawath73465/
Jaiwat7324/
Jawate7324/
Yavate7314/
Yaswot7314/
Yowate7313/
Yawoot7311/
Yabhat737/
Jawait733/
Ijawat732/
Yavath732/
Jaawat731/
Yaswad731/
Yoowat731/
Yobaat731/
Eyowat731/
Yauatt730/
Yachwad6719/
Yashwad6713/
Jaiswat674/
Yavathe674/
Yavatch672/
Jaiwate671/
Yoswast671/
Yabhait671/
Jawatte671/
Yowgatt671/
Yashvat671/

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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 Yawat
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