Yunwa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Yunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yunwa (342) may also be a first name.
Yunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yunwa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yunwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yunwa live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 472,030th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 342 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent reside, Centre Region, where 3 percent reside and West Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yunhwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hyunhwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yunwe | 80 | 115 | / |
| Yunua | 80 | 19 | / |
| Yunva | 80 | 18 | / |
| Iunwa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Junwa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Yunwo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yunwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yunba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Youhnwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ujunwa | 73 | 708 | / |
| Yunvat | 73 | 39 | / |
| Yunhua | 73 | 25 | / |
| Oyunva | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ihunwa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ojunwa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yunwei | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yunuas | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ehunwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ayonwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Junwat | 73 | 5 | / |
| Oyunba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jhunwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yunweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Younwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oyunwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yunuaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuhnwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuhnwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yunuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iunwga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yunwep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yunbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uyunua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Junhwa | 73 | 0 | / |
| Uyunuha | 67 | 336 | / |
| Hyunwoo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yuinweh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Junnwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uujunwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iheunwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jyunwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihunwga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Younuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Younhua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yumwatt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yunwa
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