Yeyewa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Yeyewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Yeyewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeyewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeyewa occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeyewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Yeyewa is primarily found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Yeyewa are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Yeyewa is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 86 percent live and Madang, where 14 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yayewa | 83 | 22 | / |
| Jeyewa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Yoyewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hgeyewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ehuyewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yeywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaywa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeyevi | 67 | 310 | / |
| Yayawa | 67 | 74 | / |
| Yeaway | 67 | 73 | / |
| Yeabea | 67 | 43 | / |
| Jayewa | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yayuwa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Yeawah | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yayowa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yoyowa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yeybee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yeyava | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yeyebe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeewea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yeyaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeyabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejewah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaywat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yayewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ioyewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeawea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeiwah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yeyewa
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