Yowela Surname
Approximately 879 people bear this surname
Yowela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 832 | 1:19,050 | 2,124 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yowela (170) may also be a first name.
Yowela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yowela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yowela occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yowela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yowela is the 400,040th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 8,290,723 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yowela live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Yowela is also the 701,320th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 170 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 832 people, or 1 in 19,050. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 41 percent reside, Central Province, where 19 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Zambia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 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
- 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 Yowela
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