Yawosa Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yawosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Yawosa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yawosa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawosa? popularity and diffusion

Yawosa is the 4,427,875th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Yawosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yawosa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Yawosa is most common in: Niger, where 50 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 17 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawusa8367/
Yawoza8363/
Yawasa8357/
Yabosa839/
Jawosa836/
Yavosa834/
Yawosi831/
Yabosha774/
Yawatsa774/
Yawouza774/
Yawosso771/
Yabosai771/
Yawussa771/
Yawocha771/
Yawoicha7110/
Yaboussa712/
Yawoïcha711/
Yawoîcha711/
Yawaza67295/
Jawoso6746/
Yaweza6734/
Yawasi6726/
Yawaso6724/
Yawozo6721/
Yawazo6721/
Jawasa6714/
Yawase6714/
Yavasa6713/
Yabose6712/
Yabasa6711/
Yawusi672/
Yobusa672/
Jabosa671/
Jawose671/
Yawazi671/
Jawusa671/
Jawosi671/
Yavesa671/
Yowasa671/
Yawace671/
Yawezo671/
Yawoussou671/
Yobasa671/

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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 Yawosa
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