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
The surname Yaweh is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaweh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 390,071st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,025,932 people. It is primarily found 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 commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 129 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria Yaweh is most prevalent in: Benue, where 56 percent reside, Taraba, where 25 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Beside 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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