Yowes Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Yowes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yowes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Yowes (37) may also be a first name.

Yowes Last Name Facts

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

Yowes is most common in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yowes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Yowes live; 83 percent live in Oceania Islands and 83 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 37 people.

It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia Yowes is most numerous in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live.

Yowes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yowes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jowes8043/
Yobes8017/
Yawes808/
Youes808/
Yoves803/
Iowes802/
Yeoes802/
Yooes801/
Yojes801/
Yobesh7345/
Yioves7315/
Yoways7312/
Yovets7310/
Youess734/
Yaawes732/
Yoyese732/
Yawets732/
Joweis731/
Yovesh731/
Hjowes731/
Youesh731/
Youhes731/
Yowetz730/
Joes67354/
Iyes6744/
Yowaish6735/
Yeas6730/
Youhess6726/
Iowuese6713/
Yaweash671/
Echowes671/
Youetse671/
Youghes671/

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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 Yowes
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis