Yuwah Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Yuwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yuwah (16) may also be a first name.
Yuwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yuwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yuwah occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yuwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yuwah is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Yuwah live; 69 percent live in Oceania Islands and 69 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Yuwah is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 89 percent reside and Morobe, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youwah | 91 | 85 | / |
| Uyuwah | 91 | 8 | / |
| Yuhwah | 91 | 6 | / |
| Yuswah | 91 | 3 | / |
| Yuwahy | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yuweah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yuwa | 89 | 1,381 | / |
| Eyouwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Juwah | 80 | 617 | / |
| Yuwai | 80 | 340 | / |
| Yuhwa | 80 | 179 | / |
| Yuwau | 80 | 58 | / |
| Yuway | 80 | 55 | / |
| Hyuwa | 80 | 47 | / |
| Eyuwa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Yuwoh | 80 | 12 | / |
| Uyuwa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Yuwha | 80 | 6 | / |
| Oyuwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yuwaa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Oyowah | 73 | 157 | / |
| Yubaha | 73 | 51 | / |
| Yuvash | 73 | 31 | / |
| Aiyuwa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Youvah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Juwaha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ehyuwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oyiuwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jauwah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yiuwai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yuswat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiuwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuhhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuwats | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuwhas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyuway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Youwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyiuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yusuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jouwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Youwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Juiwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyouwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuba | 67 | 6,538 | / |
| Juwa | 67 | 3,724 | / |
| Yuva | 67 | 1,864 | / |
| Yuwo | 67 | 147 | / |
| Yushvah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Iuwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yuua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Youwouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyouway | 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 Yuwah
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