Yewolo Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yewolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yewolo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia941:46,8994,222
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Yewolo (11) may also be a first name.

Yewolo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yewolo occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,849,867th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Yewolo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yewolo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 11 people.

The surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 46,899. In Liberia Yewolo is primarily concentrated in: Bong County, where 79 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 11 percent are found and Margibi County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yehwolo9213/
Yebolo8357/
Ewholo8328/
Yewulo8315/
Ewolou833/
Yehwulo773/
Evolo73229/
Aiyewola711/
Jewola67101/
Ievolo6749/
Yewala6735/
Jewalo677/
Yevola676/
Jebolo672/
Yebola671/
Ewoula671/
Ewolga671/
Yebalo671/
Gewola671/
Iewelo671/
Jewelo671/
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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 Yewolo
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