Yunwen Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yunwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yunwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2191:94,83611,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yunwen (44,699) may also be a first name.

Yunwen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yunwen is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yunwen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,101,507th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yunwen reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 20,282nd most frequent first name in the world It is held by 44,699 people.

The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 94,836. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 69 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 14 percent are found and West Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Singapore, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Younwen923/
Junwen8317/
Yunuen8311/
Yunwin833/
Yunben831/
Junweng771/
Oyonwen771/
Jiunwen771/
Hyunbeen711/
Junwin6716/
Yunbin675/
Jumwen671/
Uyonwn671/
Hyunbin622/
Junwing621/
Jounueng571/
Junbin5055/
Junuin5011/
Jonwin507/
Yumbin504/
Jumben502/
Joonwn501/
Jonuen501/

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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 Yunwen
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