Yawau Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Yawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yawau is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Yawau live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Yawau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 87 percent are found and Morobe, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Yawau exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 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
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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 Yawau
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