Yoway Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Yoway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 47 | 1:93,799 | 7,591 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Yoway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yoway is found most in Liberia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yoway.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoway? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Yoway is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Yoway reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 93,799. In Liberia Yoway is most prevalent in: Grand Kru County, where 68 percent live, Grand Gedeh County, where 30 percent live and Nimba County, where 2 percent live. Beside Liberia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoways | 91 | 12 | / |
| Yosway | 91 | 9 | / |
| Yowayi | 91 | 3 | / |
| Hyoway | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yowaye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yoaway | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yowa | 89 | 12,465 | / |
| Yowayop | 83 | 49 | / |
| Oyowayo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yoshway | 83 | 0 | / |
| Yowah | 80 | 348 | / |
| Joway | 80 | 179 | / |
| Yaway | 80 | 117 | / |
| Yowai | 80 | 102 | / |
| Yowua | 80 | 34 | / |
| Yowey | 80 | 23 | / |
| Yowau | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yoowa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yiowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yojwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yowea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yhowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yobay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yowaï | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jowaya | 73 | 2,125 | / |
| Oyowah | 73 | 157 | / |
| Yoweyo | 73 | 42 | / |
| Yoweya | 73 | 38 | / |
| Yobaye | 73 | 35 | / |
| Youaye | 73 | 34 | / |
| Aiyowa | 73 | 25 | / |
| Yawaya | 73 | 14 | / |
| Yawaye | 73 | 14 | / |
| Yowyeh | 73 | 12 | / |
| Eyiowa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Yahway | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yoweah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yoowah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yoowai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hayowy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Joyway | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jowayo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yoowha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geoway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eowayo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawayi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yoweua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowyia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jouway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowaji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyowha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yobaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowhey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yohwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyiowuayi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Yawa | 67 | 19,685 | / |
| Yoba | 67 | 8,601 | / |
| Jowa | 67 | 1,890 | / |
| Youa | 67 | 842 | / |
| Yova | 67 | 639 | / |
| Yowe | 67 | 428 | / |
| Yowi | 67 | 339 | / |
| Yaby | 67 | 130 | / |
| Yoby | 67 | 56 | / |
| Iowa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Yowaish | 67 | 35 | / |
| Hajoway | 67 | 19 | / |
| Yahwaye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Eowa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yovy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Youayed | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ayowuyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yovayed | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jowy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoswast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jowayed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yosuaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaswayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayowaie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayowoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawayuh | 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 Yoway
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