Yaweh Surname
Approximately 908 people bear this surname
Yaweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 702 | 1:252,340 | 14,566 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yaweh (129) may also be a first name.
Yaweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaweh occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaweh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaweh is the 390,071st most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,025,932 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaweh are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 818,356th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 129 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria Yaweh is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 56 percent live, Taraba, where 25 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Yaweh
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