Yaws Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Yaws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3261:1,111,83780,317
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Yaws Last Name Facts

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

Yaws occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaws? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 832,284th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Yaws are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Yaws is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 1,111,837. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 49 percent are found, California, where 18 percent are found and Colorado, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Yaws Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Yaws has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Yaws surname grew 1,207 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yaws Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Yaws surname are 26.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.86% registered with the party.

Yaws earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.91% less than the national average, earning $42,326 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawes898/
Yawsh891/
Hyaws890/
Yabs75326/
Yows75135/
Eaws752/
Jaws751/
Yavs751/
Iaws751/
Yawz751/
Yafes6739/
Iawes676/
Yaabs675/
Yabsh673/
Jawsd671/
Jawsh671/
Heaws670/
Yowst670/

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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 Yaws
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