Yewana Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Yewana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yewana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1361:134,9423,649
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Yewana (87) may also be a first name.

Yewana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yewana is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewana? popularity and diffusion

Yewana is the 1,434,893rd most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yewana are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yewana is also the 1,024,927th most widespread first name globally It is held by 87 people.

This surname is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 134,942. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 88 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 4 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.

Yewana Last Name Statistics demography

Yewana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.25% less than the national average, earning R 51,696 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yoewana9239/
Yebana8352/
Yevana8343/
Jewana837/
Yewane834/
Ewanea832/
Yewona832/
Iywana831/
Ewaana831/
Yewani831/
Jeewana77512/
Yoywana77239/
Yebanna77112/
Yewango7782/
Yewoina773/
Yevanna773/
Yewanou772/
Yewanyi771/
Ewangah771/
Yewange771/
Jewanna771/
Yhiwana771/
Yuywana771/
Evana732,608/
Ewané736/
Ewanj731/
Jeshwana713/
Jewainat712/
Yoyhwana711/
Yieswani711/
Gevana67313/
Jewani67256/
Yiwani67173/
Evanga67147/
Ehwani6781/
Evaana6746/
Yevane6742/
Evanna6723/
Yebane6722/
Yebona6721/
Ewhona6716/
Jevana6715/
Jewano6715/
Jewena6711/
Jebana675/
Ewanyi674/
Yevani674/
Iybana674/
Ehwany674/
Ewonah673/
Jewane673/
Yewone672/
Yebany672/
Yhoyhwana672/
Eweani672/
Ejuana671/
Evanea671/
Ewuona671/
Ewuani671/
Ejwani671/
E'Wane671/
Ewaneh671/
Ewaani671/
Eweyna671/
Yeshvanat671/
Ewanoh671/
Ewanne671/
Evaina671/
Evanaa671/
Yébana671/
Yeuane671/
Yewhhanes671/

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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 Yewana
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