Yowane Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Yowane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89 | 1:91,615 | 12,219 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Yowane (1,736) may also be a first name.
Yowane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yowane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yowane is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yowane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 885,573rd most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The surname Yowane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Yowane live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 184,118th most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 1,736 people.
The last name Yowane is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 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
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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 Yowane
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