Yepwa Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yepwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yepwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539

Yepwa (13) may also be a first name.

Yepwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yepwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yepwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Yepwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yepwa is the 3,485,539th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Yepwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yepwa live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yepwa is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 74 percent live, Ondo, where 16 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 41 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yepwai911/
Yepwi80205/
Epwau807/
Yebwa805/
Epwaa801/
Jepwad735/
Yepwou733/
Epua67509/
Yebwaya6719/
Epwe676/
Yajpwad671/
Epwy671/
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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 Yepwa
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