Yuwe Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yuwe (97) may also be a first name.

Yuwe Last Name Facts

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

Yuwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Yuwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yuwe reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 97 people.

The last name Yuwe is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 74 percent live, Nasarawa, where 25 percent live and Cross River, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyuwe89173/
Yuwei89154/
Eyuwe8926/
Yiuwe8921/
Yuweh8910/
Yuhwe894/
Hyuwe894/
Yuwhe894/
Yuwey891/
Yuwie891/
Yuw868/
Youweh8058/
Yiuwei802/
Youwea801/
Yuweah801/
Ioyuwe801/
Yoyuwe801/
Youhwe801/
Yuwett801/
Yuhwei800/
Yuwa751,381/
Juwe75519/
Yuwi75357/
Yube75113/
Yuve7548/
Iuwe7513/
Yuwy752/
Yuwj752/
Yujw752/
Uyuw751/
You'wei731/
Oyowe67879/
Eyube67698/
Yuwai67340/
Ayowe67307/
Juweh67257/
Ihuwe6795/
Juwep6769/
Eyowe6757/
Yuway6755/
Oyube6753/
Ejuwe6750/
Hyuwa6747/
Yusue6729/
Juwei6728/
Ijuwe6728/
Juwee6728/
Yuvet6718/
Jouwe6715/
Eyuwa6715/
Yuves6712/
Juwea6711/
Yubei679/
Uyuwa678/
Yubey677/
Ojuwe677/
Juwes677/
Hiuwe676/
Yuwha676/
Youve676/
Juwey675/
Yuver675/
Oyuwa674/
Yuwaa673/
Yuwoi672/
Jyuve672/
Ujuwe672/
Hyuve671/
Yubea671/
Yuwih671/
Yujue671/
Iuweh671/
Juwie671/
Giuwe671/
Yuvie671/
Oyuuw671/
Yaauw671/
Jauwe671/

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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 Yuwe
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