Yawuza Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Yawuza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yawuza (760) may also be a first name.
Yawuza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawuza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yawuza occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawuza? popularity and diffusion
Yawuza is the 2,020,555th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yawuza are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yawuza is also the 297,915th most numerous first name internationally, held by 760 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 2,330,826. In Nigeria Yawuza is mostly found in: Niger, where 24 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 17 percent reside and Zamfara, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Yawuza occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yawuza
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