Yowu Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Yowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 160 | 1:50,961 | 6,394 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Yowu (11) may also be a first name.
Yowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yowu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yowu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yowu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yowu is the 1,173,425th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Yowu live; 79 percent live in Oceania Islands and 79 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
Yowu is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 50,961. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 94 percent reside, Western, where 5 percent reside and Central, where 1 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yowou | 89 | 61 | / |
| Uyowu | 89 | 11 | / |
| Yowgu | 89 | 6 | / |
| Yowau | 89 | 3 | / |
| Eyowu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Yoswu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oyowu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Eyiowu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Yowuha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yobu | 75 | 1,729 | / |
| Yawu | 75 | 1,525 | / |
| Yovu | 75 | 83 | / |
| Iowu | 75 | 9 | / |
| Eowu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Jowu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yobou | 67 | 957 | / |
| Yabou | 67 | 319 | / |
| Ojowu | 67 | 265 | / |
| Hyobu | 67 | 115 | / |
| Yawou | 67 | 76 | / |
| Yovou | 67 | 55 | / |
| Yavou | 67 | 51 | / |
| Yahwu | 67 | 48 | / |
| Yawau | 67 | 34 | / |
| Yhobu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ajowu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yobui | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yobhu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Yaawu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jowuh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yawhu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yobuh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yhawu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ijowu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yowoe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ieowu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yawuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ihowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jowou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jowau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ioowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jowgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eiowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawuu | 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 Yowu
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