Yawel Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yawel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Yawel (106) may also be a first name.

Yawel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yawel is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawel? popularity and diffusion

Yawel is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Yawel occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Yawel reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 915,176th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 106 people.

Yawel is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Yawel is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Madang, where 17 percent reside and Morobe, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawele91112/
Yawell911/
Yawl8914/
Yahwell832/
Yawuell831/
Yowel80892/
Jawel80221/
Yabel8065/
Yawle8055/
Yavel8041/
Yawil802/
Yiael802/
Yajel802/
Yowell733,620/
Yaybel73100/
Yaabel7342/
Jaweel7340/
Yavele7331/
Jahwel7326/
Yayele7322/
Yowele7317/
Jawele739/
Yavhel739/
Yagiel736/
Ehawel735/
Jawell734/
Yabell732/
Eyowel732/
Yawill732/
Yavell731/
Ayowel731/
Oyowel731/
Ijawel731/
Hiawel731/
Yabeel731/
Jawiel731/
Yowael731/
Yawleh731/
Geawel731/
Jyavel731/
Jael671,747/
Etaweel67122/
Iyel6754/
Yeal6729/
Jaiswel6712/
Jawl679/
Yowl676/
Yashuel673/
Yavl673/
Yyel672/
Yawaile672/
Yayl671/
Jayswel671/
Jashwel671/
Giawell671/
Jaywell671/
Yahwleh671/
Jahwell671/
Hiawell671/
Yabl671/
Yaouele671/
Aiyabel671/
Eawl671/
Heawell670/
Hyowell670/

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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 Yawel
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