Yewa Surname

320,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Benin

Yewa Surname Definition:

Yewa is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: a child that causes people to miss a departed loved one.

Yewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3851:343,50429,814
Kenya1821:253,73617,193
Benin1481:69,8358,430
Nigeria1411:1,256,33250,205
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Tanzania841:630,25738,555
Papua New Guinea771:105,89214,318
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Yewá (1) are calculated separately.

Yewa (2,681) may also be a first name.

Yewa Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Yewa is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: a child that causes people to miss a departed loved one.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Yewa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮ) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Yewá. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewa? popularity and diffusion

Yewa is the 320,940th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,260,778 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Yewa are found; 32 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 31 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 141,538th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 2,681 people.

Yewa is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 343,504. In Indonesia Yewa is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 71 percent are found, North Maluku, where 17 percent are found and Papua, where 5 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 16 percent are found and Benin, where 13 percent are found.

Yewa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Yewa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yewá921/
Yewah89108/
Yewai8924/
Yewua8914/
Yiewa893/
Yewaa891/
Yehwa891/
Yewat891/
Aiyewa8050/
Hyewua806/
Jyewah806/
Yehwah802/
Yeiwah801/
Yoewai801/
Yewaja801/
Yiewaa801/
Yewwah801/
Ayiewa801/
Yeswwa801/
Yewuha801/
Yhewha801/
Yeba752,428/
Jewa75729/
Ewaï75525/
Yewi75470/
Yewe75161/
Yeva75156/
Yewo75104/
Iywa7530/
Iewa753/
Yewy753/
Yjwa751/
Yeua751/
Yechwad7310/
Haiyewa731/
Jeewa672,049/
Jewai67188/
Jewah67152/
Yesua67108/
Yewou6796/
Yewoh6788/
Yewei6748/
Yevah6735/
Ijewa6735/
Yeswe6734/
Yeweh6719/
Yewoi6719/
Ewa'a6717/
Hyeva6716/
Yiewo6715/
Yebai6713/
Yewey6712/
Yewis678/
Jeiwa677/
Jewwa677/
Ewaia677/
Yevha676/
Iewua676/
Yebay675/
Ehewa674/
Jewua674/
Yebha673/
Jaywa673/
Yieba673/
Yiiwa673/
Ihewa673/
Yevat673/
Yehwe672/
Jeway672/
Yevaz672/
Euhwa672/
Joywa672/
Jeawa672/
Yiwah672/
Yevad671/
Yeywe671/
Hyeba671/
Yoeva671/
Ewhah671/
Yeuaa671/
Eweah671/
Eweau671/
Jyiwa671/
Yevaa671/
Ehiwa671/
Yoiwa671/
Ewaih671/
Yojwa671/
Yaywa671/
Yebea671/
Yewii671/
Iywua671/
Iywah671/

Yewa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yewa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮyw37.5
ﻳﻮﻩywh25
ﻳﻮﻯywy12.5
ﻳﻮﺍywa12.5
ﺍﻳﻮayw12.5

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