Yowenu Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yowenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yowenu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yowenu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yowenu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yowenu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yowenu? popularity and diffusion

Yowenu is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Yowenu live; 88 percent live in Oceania Islands and 88 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Yowenu is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Yowenu is most frequent in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yowanu83113/
Yawenu831/
Yeoenu831/
Youenou77102/
Yawienu779/
Yowanou776/
Yawhenu772/
Yowonuh771/
Yahwenu771/
Iyenu7356/
Joenu732/
Yawanu6771/
Iyengu6770/
Yabenu6756/
Yehanu6713/
Iyionu6710/
Jowanu678/
Yovonu676/
Yeahnu673/
Ihoenu673/
Yejenu673/
Yohunu673/
Joennu671/
Yeanus671/
Yoynus671/
Yihouenou671/
Jobenu671/
Yayenu671/
Jowonu671/
Iyenou671/
Iyienu671/

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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 Yowenu
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