Yaweh Surname
Approximately 908 people bear this surname
Yaweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 702 | 1:252,340 | 14,566 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yaweh (129) may also be a first name.
Yaweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaweh is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaweh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 390,071st most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 8,025,932 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaweh are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaweh is also the 818,356th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 129 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 56 percent reside, Taraba, where 25 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Yaweh
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