Yisawu Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yisawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yisawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria841:2,108,84273,007
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Yisawu (45) may also be a first name.

Yisawu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yisawu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yisawu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,020,555th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Yisawu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yisawu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 62 percent are found, Osun, where 14 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yishawu9253/
Isawu91221/
Ishawu83151/
Isiawu8338/
Yisewu831/
Issawu831/
Yisabu831/
Isauwu831/
Hisawu831/
Issawou771/
Jishawu771/
Isabu731,463/
Esawu7355/
Isavu736/
Isowu733/
Isewu733/
Ijawu731/
Izawu731/
Hisabu6770/
Ishewu6745/
Aisabu6736/
Issabu6710/
Isaibu6710/
Jisabu678/
Isiowu674/
Aisewu673/
Ishabu673/
Isaabu673/
Isiewu673/
Isuiwu671/
Ishowu671/
Essawu671/
Etsawu671/

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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 Yisawu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis