Yourwan Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Yourwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Yourwan (25) may also be a first name.
Yourwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yourwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yourwan is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yourwan? popularity and diffusion
Yourwan is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Yourwan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yourwan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 25 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin it is most common in: Atakora Department, where 95 percent live and Borgou Department, where 5 percent live. Other than Benin Yourwan exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
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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 Yourwan
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