Yewy Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yewy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yewy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Yewy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yewy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻯ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Yewy live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

It is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 132,249,194. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 33 percent are found and Thailand, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yewey8912/
Yoewhy807/
Yewa751,164/
Yewi75470/
Yeby75269/
Yewe75161/
Jewy757/
Yevy751/
Ewuy751/
Yewá751/
Ewiy751/
Eawy751/
Oywy751/
Oewy751/
Yjwy751/
Eiwy751/
Ejwy751/
Ewyo751/
Aybey673,617/
Ayewa672,261/
Oyewa67427/
Ayeby67215/
Eyewe6792/
Iyewa6777/
Ayewe6760/
Heiwy6752/
Yewei6748/
Eybey6738/
Yeswe6734/
Yewai6724/
Yeweh6719/
Yewoi6719/
Oyewe6718/
Eyewa6717/
Yeyvy6716/
Easwy679/
Yewis678/
Ayewi678/
Uyewa676/
Yebay675/
Goewy674/
Yiewa673/
Iyewi672/
Yehwe672/
Jeway672/
Uyway671/
Hoewy671/
Yebey671/
Ueway671/
Yeybi671/
Uyewe671/
Oyeby671/
Jewyi671/
Eywoy671/
Yewaa671/
Yewii671/
Oyewi671/
Yeywe671/
Iyewe671/
Aywey671/
Jewey670/
Oybey670/

Yewy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yewy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﻯywy-

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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 Yewy
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