Yedwa Surname

343,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Yedwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yedwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9951:54,4506,924
Zimbabwe641:241,22226,284
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yedwa (610) may also be a first name.

Yedwa Last Name Facts

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

Yedwa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yedwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yedwa is the 343,621st most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,829,940 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yedwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Yedwa is also the 338,253rd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 610 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 995 people, or 1 in 54,450. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Western Cape, where 17 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.

Yedwa Last Name Statistics demography

Yedwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.62% less than the national average, earning R 141,120 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yedwad912/
Yeddwa911/
Yetwa809/
Yedwe806/
Jedwa802/
Edhwa801/
Yedua801/
Yedva801/
Ihedwa7310/
Edwaya734/
Yetwat731/
Yetwah731/
Yetwad731/
Jedwad731/
Jedhwa731/
Gedway730/
Edua67422/
Edva6732/
Ihedwua673/
Yedwood670/

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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 Yedwa
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