Yonwa Surname
Approximately 963 people bear this surname
Yonwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 902 | 1:23,026 | 3,127 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Yonwa (139) may also be a first name.
Yonwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yonwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yonwa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yonwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 372,504th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,567,545 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yonwa reside; 52 percent reside in Central Africa and 31 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Yonwa is also the 784,558th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 139 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 902 people, or 1 in 23,026. In Cameroon Yonwa is most common in: Far North Region, where 55 percent are found, North Region, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonwai | 91 | 60 | / |
| Yonway | 91 | 10 | / |
| Yonwah | 91 | 8 | / |
| Ayonwa | 91 | 5 | / |
| Hyonwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yohanwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Yonwhea | 83 | 5 | / |
| Yanwa | 80 | 109 | / |
| Yonba | 80 | 43 | / |
| Yonwe | 80 | 28 | / |
| Jonwa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Yonwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yonva | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yomwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yonbai | 73 | 427 | / |
| Ehonwa | 73 | 109 | / |
| Oyonwo | 73 | 38 | / |
| Yanwah | 73 | 34 | / |
| Ihonwa | 73 | 29 | / |
| Yanwai | 73 | 21 | / |
| Yanway | 73 | 20 | / |
| Yanewa | 73 | 20 | / |
| Yonbay | 73 | 16 | / |
| Yonwei | 73 | 15 | / |
| Ayonwe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yaanwa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yonuas | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jonwad | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ajonwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yonwou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yonnba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yonmba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yanwaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jonway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eonway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanwua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Johnwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yohnwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jonwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yanhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Johnway | 67 | 59 | / |
| Yonmbai | 67 | 33 | / |
| Yanwhea | 67 | 18 | / |
| Johnwai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yanewai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ihonwua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ajonwua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eyianwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yamnwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aayanwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaanwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyomwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gionwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yannway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yotnuat | 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 Yonwa
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