Yawson Surname

31,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Yawson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana16,6941:1,619269
England931:599,11935,891
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Liberia471:93,7997,591
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
France71:9,488,960336,266
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Gambia41:480,863548
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Yawson (627) may also be a first name.

Yawson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yawson is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yawson.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 31,406th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 428,654 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yawson are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yawson is also the 332,667th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 627 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 16,694 people, or 1 in 1,619. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Yawson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yawson surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Yawson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.69% more than the national average, earning $44,310 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.66% less than the national average, earning $43,892 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jawson8368/
Yabson8323/
Iawson832/
Eawson832/
Yowson832/
Yowsong772/
Jawsong771/
Geawson771/
Yawchon771/
Jabson67741/
Yavsan67288/
Jawsan6710/
Jafson673/
Jawsen672/
Jowson672/
Yafsan671/
Yavsun671/
Iawsen671/
Eavson671/
Yowsen670/

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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 Yawson
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