Yawia Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Yawia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Yawia Last Name Facts

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

Yawia is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawia? popularity and diffusion

Yawia is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Yawia is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Yawia live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Yawia is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Yawia is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 58 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 32 percent live and Enga, where 5 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawiha9154/
Yawija9113/
Yawijai833/
Jawia80247/
Yabia80156/
Yawio8022/
Yavia808/
Yowia803/
Yawihahu7728/
Yawihaai771/
Jawiah73157/
Yaweya7320/
Jawias735/
Yaavia731/
Yawjai731/
Yaabia731/
Jhawia731/
Jaywia731/
Yaweio731/
Yaweah731/
Yavijai6736/
Yahweya6716/
Jawayia675/
Yahweah671/
Yabaiya671/
Jhawiat671/
Jawiasz671/
Yaweeah671/

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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 Yawia
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