Yowasi Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Yowasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Yowasi (6,861) may also be a first name.
Yowasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yowasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yowasi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yowasi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yowasi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yowasi is the 801,116th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name Yowasi is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yowasi reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Yowasi is also the 78,613th most common first name on earth It is held by 6,861 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 350,607. In Tanzania Yowasi is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live and Katavi Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 37 percent live and Uganda, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yowashi | 92 | 2 | / |
| Yowaasi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yovasi | 83 | 30 | / |
| Jowasi | 83 | 29 | / |
| Yawasi | 83 | 26 | / |
| Youasi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yowasa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yowagi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yowaji | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youassi | 77 | 143 | / |
| Youashi | 77 | 28 | / |
| Yawasit | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yobassi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yowessi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yowasha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yowachi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jowashi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yobeashi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Yovaisis | 71 | 7 | / |
| Yoowasee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yowessie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Youassie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yawasa | 67 | 57 | / |
| Jawasi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Yawase | 67 | 14 | / |
| Yobosi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yovaci | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yawaji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yabasi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yavasi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yawosi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawagi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yowaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jowasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawazi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yowasi
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