Yuwo Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

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

Yuwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1121:72,8019,515
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yuwo (79) may also be a first name.

Yuwo Last Name Facts

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

Yuwo is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuwo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,453,389th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Yuwo occurs mostly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Yuwo reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,083,225th most common first name in the world, borne by 79 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 72,801. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 88 percent live, Morobe, where 11 percent live and East Sepik, where 1 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Yuwo occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yuwoh8912/
Yuwoi892/
Yuwou891/
Yuswop801/
Youwuo801/
Youwoh801/
Youwoy801/
Yuwa751,381/
Yubo75158/
Juwo7585/
Yuvo753/
Youwouh731/
Yuhwa67179/
Oyubo67114/
Juwoo6779/
Oyowo6753/
Hyuwa6747/
Ijuwo6732/
Ehuwo6721/
Ihuwo6716/
Eyuwa6715/
Yuwah6713/
Uyuwa678/
Yusuo677/
Yuwha676/
Jouwo676/
Yuvoi676/
Ayowo675/
Oyuwa674/
Yuboo674/
Yuwaa673/
Juwou673/
Youvo673/
Juwoh672/
Jiuwo672/
Giuwo671/
Juwoi671/
Yuuho671/
Ojuwo671/
Ejuwo671/
Juwuo671/
Ujowo671/
Yuvho671/

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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 Yuwo
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