Yowat Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Yowat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yowat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yowat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yowat is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yowat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Yowat reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Manus, where 64 percent live, Morobe, where 20 percent live and Central, where 12 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yowate | 91 | 13 | / |
| Yoowat | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eyowat | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yoswast | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yowgatt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yawat | 80 | 283 | / |
| Jowat | 80 | 30 | / |
| Youat | 80 | 18 | / |
| Yobat | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yowot | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yawate | 73 | 118 | / |
| Youatt | 73 | 116 | / |
| Yotvat | 73 | 113 | / |
| Yobath | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yawuat | 73 | 4 | / |
| Youhat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yobaat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jowath | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jowaht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawgat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jowatt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawathe | 67 | 182 | / |
| Ayyawat | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jooswat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Youateh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Johwatz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahawat | 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
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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 Yowat
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