Yuawa 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

Yuawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuawa Surname Distribution Map

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

Yuawa Last Name Facts

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

Yuawa occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Yuawa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Yuawa are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Yuawa is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Yuawa is primarily concentrated in: West New Britain, where 71 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 14 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 14 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Yuawa occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yuawua9124/
Yuawaa914/
Yuauwa911/
Yuahawa8333/
Yuaihwa831/
Yuawe807/
Yuawo801/
Yuowa801/
Yuahwe734/
Juhawa731/
Yuayua731/
Yuawwid67183/
Yuoiwah671/
Yiouaba671/

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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 Yuawa
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