Yowah Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Yowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 336 | 1:13,121 | 1,399 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Yowah (323) may also be a first name.
Yowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yowah is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yowah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 804,502nd most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yowah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Yowah is also the 488,148th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 323 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 336 people, or 1 in 13,121. In Liberia Yowah is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 31 percent live, Montserrado County, where 25 percent live and Bong County, where 18 percent live. Aside from Liberia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyowah | 91 | 157 | / |
| Yoweah | 91 | 7 | / |
| Yoowah | 91 | 5 | / |
| Yohwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yowa | 89 | 12,465 | / |
| Yowaish | 83 | 35 | / |
| Jowah | 80 | 229 | / |
| Yawah | 80 | 178 | / |
| Youah | 80 | 143 | / |
| Yowai | 80 | 102 | / |
| Yoway | 80 | 55 | / |
| Yowua | 80 | 34 | / |
| Yowau | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yoowa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yowoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yowea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yiowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yhowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yojwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yowaï | 80 | 1 | / |
| Youash | 73 | 51 | / |
| Aiyowa | 73 | 25 | / |
| Yoways | 73 | 12 | / |
| Youaha | 73 | 10 | / |
| Eyiowa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Yawuah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Yosway | 73 | 9 | / |
| Youahe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yoowai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hyoway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yahwah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yawash | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yowuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Johwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowhey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jowath | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jowaht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojowah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Youhah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jouwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyowha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yoaway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yoowha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawa | 67 | 19,685 | / |
| Yoba | 67 | 8,601 | / |
| Jowa | 67 | 1,890 | / |
| Youa | 67 | 842 | / |
| Yova | 67 | 639 | / |
| Yowo | 67 | 185 | / |
| Iowa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Yovaish | 67 | 34 | / |
| Eowa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oyiawah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yawahap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youahie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaweash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yoswast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yoshway | 67 | 0 | / |
| Johwach | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yowah
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