Yewong Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Yewong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 214 | 1:97,052 | 11,537 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yewong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yewong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yewong (Tibetan: ཡིད་འོང་།) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yewong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,115,011th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yewong are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 97,052. In Cameroon Yewong is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found and Centre Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Bhutan, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yewoung | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yewang | 83 | 458 | / |
| Jewong | 83 | 20 | / |
| Yeuong | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yebong | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jeewong | 77 | 97 | / |
| Juywong | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yewheng | 77 | 6 | / |
| Jaywong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jeawong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jiewong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jewwong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yuywong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yiewang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Joywong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jehwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Evong | 73 | 513 | / |
| Yhaiwong | 71 | 24 | / |
| Jiewhong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jeawoong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Evoung | 67 | 657 | / |
| Yebang | 67 | 32 | / |
| Jewang | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ejwang | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jewung | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jebong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ehwang | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yeuang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yeveng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewangh | 67 | 1 | / |
Yewong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yewong in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡིད་འོང་། | yiong | 60 |
| ཡིད་འོང་ | yiong | 20 |
| ཡི་དབངས་ | yiwang | 20 |
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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 Yewong
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