Yiwe Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon901:230,76723,017
Benin151:689,04039,432
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097

Yiwe (27) may also be a first name.

Yiwe Last Name Facts

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

Yiwe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,658,108th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yiwe reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Yiwe is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name globally, held by 27 people.

It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 59 percent are found, West Region, where 31 percent are found and North Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yiwei89172/
Yiweu891/
Iwe861,991/
Yiw8629/
Ywe8620/
Yiwoue803/
Yihwei801/
Iweh751,678/
Yiwa751,512/
Yibe75345/
Aiwe75237/
Ihwe75188/
Jiwe75145/
Iwei75135/
Hiwe7544/
Iwee7536/
Iwhe7523/
Ijwe7518/
Iwue7513/
Iweu7510/
Yiwi759/
Eiwe757/
Oiwe755/
Iwie753/
Iewe753/
Yweh753/
Iwey753/
Hywe753/
Uiwe753/
Ywee753/
Ywep753/
Jywe752/
Ywei752/
Oywe752/
Iwea752/
Ywer752/
Ywes752/
Ywie752/
Yive752/
Aywe751/
Ywey751/
Ywje751/
Yswe751/
Yiwj751/
Eywe751/
Haiwe671,457/
Yw67142/
Iw6752/
Jiwei6735/
Heiwe6722/
Iweuh6721/
Yihbe6718/
Aiwei6715/
Aywei6712/
Aihwe6712/
Hiwes6712/
Jiwey6712/
Yibei6711/
Aywee6710/
Iweas678/
Iwhee676/
Yiver676/
Iswed675/
Iweah675/
Iweeh675/
Eiwes674/
Yiwis673/
Oywee673/
Yiwit672/
Hiwey672/
Aiwee672/
Iowei672/
Aiwhe672/
Haywe672/
Jiwie672/
Hiwep671/
Aiwes671/
Yihwa671/
Yiwai671/
Yowea671/
Jyweh671/
Jiweh671/
Giwey671/
Uiwea671/
Hiwee671/
Hywes671/
Iowue671/
Eiwei671/
Uyweh671/
Ihwue671/
Iwuee671/
Huywe671/
Yioue671/
Ichwe671/
Yowge671/
Yohwe671/
Yivey671/
Eyuie671/
Aiwie671/
Aywey671/
Ishwe671/
Ayhwe671/
Uywie671/
Ouywe671/
Yiwjp671/
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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 Yiwe
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