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

The last name Yaws occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaws? popularity and diffusion

It is the 832,284th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Yaws reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Yaws is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 1,111,837. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 49 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Colorado, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Yaws Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yaws has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yaws surname grew 1,207 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yaws Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yaws last name are 26.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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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