Yelewa Surname
Approximately 562 people bear this surname
Yelewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Yelewa (29) may also be a first name.
Yelewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelewa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yelewa is the 563,577th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,967,164 people. The surname Yelewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yelewa reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Besides Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellewa | 92 | 10 | / |
| Yelewad | 92 | 6 | / |
| Yelewaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yeleswa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yelewah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yellewad | 86 | 8 | / |
| Yelehwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Elewah | 83 | 772 | / |
| Elewaa | 83 | 153 | / |
| Eleywa | 83 | 37 | / |
| Jelewa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Yeleva | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yeleba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yelewo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yelewe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yeliwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yelawa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eleewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eleïwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elewha | 83 | 0 | / |
| Yelevad | 77 | 137 | / |
| Ellewaa | 77 | 122 | / |
| Jelewad | 77 | 63 | / |
| Elleway | 77 | 51 | / |
| Eleiwah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yeloeva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yelaeva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Geleway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eleva | 73 | 313 | / |
| Elywa | 73 | 287 | / |
| Eléwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Yellevad | 71 | 67 | / |
| Yelloway | 71 | 34 | / |
| Aiyelawa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Jellewad | 71 | 2 | / |
| Elheiwaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geleva | 67 | 653 | / |
| Gelewi | 67 | 356 | / |
| Eleeva | 67 | 284 | / |
| Yelebe | 67 | 245 | / |
| Jeleva | 67 | 182 | / |
| Yelebi | 67 | 153 | / |
| Elleva | 67 | 112 | / |
| Eleïwe | 67 | 108 | / |
| Eleiwe | 67 | 81 | / |
| Yelebo | 67 | 73 | / |
| Elewhe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Yeliwe | 67 | 28 | / |
| Elevai | 67 | 19 | / |
| Yeliwo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Eliwah | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yelava | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eleywe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Elhewy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jelewo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jelawa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yelibe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yelive | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eleîwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jeleba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ieleva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Elewoo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eleyva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eleiva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eleewy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeliwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jelewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyleva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haiyeleba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ellewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eleiwy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elajwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elewuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elevay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elywaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eluiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yelewa
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