Yendaw Surname

568,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Yendaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yendaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Yendaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yendaw occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yendaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yendaw is the 568,231st most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yendaw are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Without taking into account Ghana it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 0 percent reside and Scotland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
E'Ndaw831/
Yendow830/
Yendowe7723/
Ejandaw776/
Endav733/
Endaf731/
Jendab6716/
Endova672/
Endaiv671/
Heindow6220/
Ejamdaw621/
Gendaiff571/
Endov557/
Hayendoff530/
Aindow50623/
Gendov50142/
Aumdaw507/
Endoff507/
Aindaf501/

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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
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  • 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 Yendaw
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