Yewah Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yewah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yewah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon451:461,53538,189
Mauritania241:170,6199,051
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Yewah (15) may also be a first name.

Yewah Last Name Facts

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

Yewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺍﻩ, Marathi: एवाह) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,765,740th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yewah reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon Yewah is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 71 percent live, Northwest Region, where 11 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon Yewah exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.

Yewah Last Name Statistics demography

Yewah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.59% more than the national average, earning $48,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jyewah916/
Yehwah912/
Yewwah911/
Yeiwah911/
Yewa891,164/
Jewah80152/
Yewoh8088/
Yevah8035/
Yewai8024/
Yewua8014/
Yiewa803/
Yiwah802/
Ewaih801/
Eweah801/
Yewat801/
Iywah801/
Yehwa801/
Yewaa801/
Ewhah801/
Aiyewa7350/
Hyewua736/
Jaywah733/
Ayiewa731/
Ewahah731/
Yhewha731/
Yeswwa731/
Yehvah731/
Yiewaa731/
Iyowah731/
Yoewai731/
Eaywah731/
Yewuha731/
Yeba672,428/
Jewa67729/
Ewaï67525/
Yeva67156/
Yewo67104/
Jayweah6793/
Iywa6730/
Yechwad6710/
Yoyowah676/
Iewa673/
Oyiebah671/
Haiyewa671/
Yewá671/
Yeua671/
Yjwa671/

Yewah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yewah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﺍﻩywah-
Yewah in the Marathi language
एवाहevaha-

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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 Yewah
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