Yawl Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Yawl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Yawl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yawl is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawl? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Yawl occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Yawl are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 4,019,148. In Afghanistan it is most prevalent in: Paktika, where 50 percent live, Helmand, where 13 percent live and Kabul, where 13 percent live. Excluding Afghanistan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and Denmark, where 7 percent live.

Yawl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yawl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yawl last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawle8955/
Yawel8912/
Yawil892/
Yawele80112/
Yawill802/
Yawleh801/
Yawell801/
Jawl759/
Yowl756/
Yavl753/
Yabl751/
Eawl751/
Yahwleh731/
Yawuell731/
Yavle673,612/
Jawle67651/
Jawil67105/
Yabel6765/
Yavel6741/
Yabil6713/
Yowle673/
Jhawl671/
Eawil671/
Jaswl671/

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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 Yawl
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