Yawus Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Yawus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 280 | 1:632,653 | 29,888 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yawus (71) may also be a first name.
Yawus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yawus occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawus? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 935,326th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yawus live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yawus is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 71 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 82 percent live, Bauchi, where 7 percent live and Kaduna, where 4 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Yawus
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