Yewah Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Yewah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Yewah (15) may also be a first name.
Yewah Demographics
Average Yewah Salary in
United States
$48,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yewah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yewah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺍﻩ, Marathi: एवाह) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yewah.
How Common Is The Last Name Yewah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,765,740th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. Yewah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yewah live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common given name on earth, borne by 15 people.
Yewah is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 71 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 11 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jyewah | 91 | 6 | / |
| Yehwah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yewwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yeiwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yewa | 89 | 1,164 | / |
| Jewah | 80 | 152 | / |
| Yewoh | 80 | 88 | / |
| Yevah | 80 | 35 | / |
| Yewai | 80 | 24 | / |
| Yewua | 80 | 14 | / |
| Yiewa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yiwah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ewaih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eweah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yewat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iywah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yehwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yewaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ewhah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aiyewa | 73 | 50 | / |
| Hyewua | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jaywah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ayiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewahah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yhewha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeswwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yehvah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yiewaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iyowah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yoewai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eaywah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yewuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeba | 67 | 2,428 | / |
| Jewa | 67 | 729 | / |
| Ewaï | 67 | 525 | / |
| Yeva | 67 | 156 | / |
| Yewo | 67 | 104 | / |
| Jayweah | 67 | 93 | / |
| Iywa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Yechwad | 67 | 10 | / |
| Yoyowah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Iewa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oyiebah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haiyewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yewá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yjwa | 67 | 1 | / |
Yewah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yewah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﺍﻩ | ywah | - |
| Yewah in the Marathi language | ||
| एवाह | evaha | - |
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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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