Yaway Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Yaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 105 | 1:41,986 | 3,841 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yaway (20) may also be a first name.
Yaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaway occurs most in Liberia. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Yaway click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaway? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,683,218th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Yaway are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Yaway is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
The surname Yaway is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 41,986. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Grand Kru County, where 45 percent are found, Maryland County, where 40 percent are found and Nimba County, where 9 percent are found. Other than Liberia it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, 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
- 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 Yaway
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