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
The surname Youwah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youwah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Youwah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 81 people.
The last name Youwah is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia Youwah is most frequent in: Grand Bassa County, where 39 percent reside, Bong County, where 18 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 16 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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