Youwah Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Youwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 83 | 1:53,115 | 4,716 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Youwah (81) may also be a first name.
Youwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Youwah is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Youwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Youwah is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Youwah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Youwah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 81 people.
Youwah is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia Youwah is most numerous in: Grand Bassa County, where 39 percent live, Bong County, where 18 percent live and Montserrado County, where 16 percent live. Excluding Liberia Youwah exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Youwah
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