Yunwe Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Yunwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 113 | 1:183,797 | 19,288 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yunwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yunwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yunwe occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Yunwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yunwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,701,480th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yunwe live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 183,797. In Cameroon Yunwe is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent live, Southwest Region, where 15 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunwei | 91 | 9 | / |
| Younwe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yunweh | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yuhnwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yunwep | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yunw | 89 | 2 | / |
| Yuinweh | 83 | 3 | / |
| Jyunwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yunwa | 80 | 39 | / |
| Yunue | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yunwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yunbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yumwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yunoue | 73 | 447 | / |
| Junwei | 73 | 243 | / |
| Ayonwe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yunver | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ihunwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Junwee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuhnwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyunbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Younue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yunues | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yunhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Junw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jiunwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jun'wei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Younueh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giunwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyunhwa | 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 Yunwe
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