Yenwo Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Yenwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Yenwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yenwo has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yenwo.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yenwo is the 1,674,734th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. Yenwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Yenwo reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent are found, Centre Region, where 36 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyenwo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oyhenwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yenwood | 83 | 0 | / |
| Enwoh | 80 | 73 | / |
| Enwou | 80 | 46 | / |
| Yenbo | 80 | 11 | / |
| Yenwa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Yemwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jenwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Enwoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ehanwo | 73 | 166 | / |
| Oyonwo | 73 | 38 | / |
| Ayanwo | 73 | 37 | / |
| Yenbou | 73 | 17 | / |
| Ayenbo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Ayinwo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yenwah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yenwat | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ehinwo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ayenwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ihenwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oyanwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owenwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eunwoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyenbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyinwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejonwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yenmbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yenboh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejinwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehienwo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Envo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ejinwoh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ayinnwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ejionwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Enuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayenuho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehanwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiyenvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eitinwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihienwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Einwood | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yenwo
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