Yeswa Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Yeswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4461:103,5428,994
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Yeswa (138) may also be a first name.

Yeswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yeswa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeswa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 661,581st most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The surname Yeswa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yeswa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Yeswa is also the 787,636th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 138 people.

Yeswa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 103,542. In Kenya Yeswa is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 77 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 19 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Yeswa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Yeswa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeswwa911/
Yesua80108/
Yeswe8034/
Yesba8020/
Jeswa801/
Yhetshwa771/
Yeshua73529/
Yesbaa7319/
Jayswa739/
Essway737/
Yoesua735/
Yessba732/
Yeshva732/
Eswaya732/
Yesbay731/
Jeswai731/
Yeswhi731/
Jeshwa731/
Jeswad731/
Hieswa731/
Eswaha730/
Esua672,297/
Eswy67183/
Esva6714/
Yoesuah6713/
Yechwad6710/
Yessbaa672/
Jaysway672/
Eswj671/
Yessbai671/
Yeswoit671/
Jeeswas671/
Hieswat670/

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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 Yeswa
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