Yawes Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Yawes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yawes (18) may also be a first name.

Yawes Last Name Facts

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

Yawes is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yawes.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 38 percent of Yawes are found; 38 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 38 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 18 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Yawes is primarily found in: Enga, where 33 percent live, Morobe, where 33 percent live and New Ireland, where 33 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawets912/
Yaawes912/
Yaws89332/
Yaweash831/
Yabes803,882/
Yayes80375/
Yawis8026/
Yaves8017/
Jawes808/
Iawes806/
Yowes806/
Yaees805/
Yaeis802/
Yajes801/
Yawsh801/
Yaeas801/
Hyaws800/
Aiyawest771/
Yayesh739,983/
Yaeesh73253/
Yabesh73186/
Yavets7318/
Yahbes7315/
Jawesh738/
Yavesh737/
Yawetz736/
Yaiesh734/
Yajesh732/
Yaeish732/
Yayese732/
Jawies732/
Yiaves731/
Yabess731/
Yağbes731/
Jawees731/
Jawues730/
Hiawes730/
Yaheis730/
Jaweesh673,495/
Yayeshe671,290/
Yows67135/
Jaes6787/
Iyes6744/
Yeas6730/
Ytayesh674/
Jaweish673/
Yays673/
Yaayese671/
Yaheesh671/
Iaws671/
Jawwesh671/
Yawz671/
Yahbess671/
Jaws671/

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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 Yawes
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