Yolwa Surname

452,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Yolwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yolwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7471:72,5279,038
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Yolwa Last Name Facts

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

Yolwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yolwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 452,572nd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,716,728 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yolwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 747 people, or 1 in 72,527. In South Africa Yolwa is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Yolwa Last Name Statistics demography

Yolwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.41% less than the national average, earning R 129,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yolwash831/
Yalwa804,499/
Jolwa80133/
Yolba806/
Yolwo805/
Yolva801/
Yalewa731,075/
Yalwai7315/
Yalwad734/
Yoluaş734/
Eholwa731/
Yotluat672/
Yallewa671/
Ehollwa671/
Yalwaja671/

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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 Yolwa
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