Yawavi Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Yawavi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawavi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yawavi (5,321) may also be a first name.

Yawavi Last Name Facts

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

Yawavi is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawavi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yawavi is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Yawavi is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Yawavi are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 92,527th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 5,321 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Yawavi is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 20 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawovi83544/
Yawevi8354/
Yavavi8316/
Yawawi839/
Yabavi831/
Jawavi831/
Yaswashvi801/
Yawouvi771/
Ayyabavi711/
Jawawi671,032/
Yawawe6734/
Yababi6721/
Yobawi6721/
Javavi6719/
Yawawa6715/
Yavava679/
Ayyabhavi674/
Yabave673/
Eawawi672/
Yavabi672/
Yahavoubi671/
Yavawa671/

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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 Yawavi
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