Yaweya Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Yaweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Yaweya (19) may also be a first name.
Yaweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaweya has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yaweya.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Yaweya are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yaweya is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
The surname Yaweya is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Yaweya is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 73 percent live, Gulf, where 20 percent live and National Capital District, where 7 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Benin, where 5 percent live.
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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 Yaweya
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