Yawson Surname
Approximately 17,001 people bear this surname
Yawson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 16,694 | 1:1,619 | 269 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Liberia | 47 | 1:93,799 | 7,591 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Yawson (627) may also be a first name.
Yawson Demographics
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Yawson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yawson is found most frequently in Ghana. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Yawson click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawson? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 31,406th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 428,654 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yawson live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 332,667th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 627 people.
The surname Yawson is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 16,694 people, or 1 in 1,619. Aside from Ghana it occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Yawson Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yawson surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for 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.
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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 Yawson
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