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Is Yaw a Male or Female Name?

Yaw is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Yaw globally is 96.4% males and 3.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United States with 99.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is Malaysia with 21.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Yaw in percentages: Globally: 96.4% males, 3.6% females, Ghana: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, United States: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, United Kingdom: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Malaysia: 78.5% males, 21.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Yaw are 35-44 years old, making up 22.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Yaw in each age group: 18-24: 12.1%, 25-34: 12.5%, 35-44: 22.2%, 45-54: 21.0%, 55-64: 17.5%, 65+: 14.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Yaw is Ghana with 0.2744% of the population. Following is Malaysia and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Yaw measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Yaw year over year: 1956: 0.0004‰, 1958: 0.0008‰, 1959: 0.001‰, 1960: 0.001‰, 1961: 0.0005‰, 1962: 0.0006‰, 1963: 0.0007‰, 1964: 0.0008‰, 1965: 0.0011‰, 1966: 0.0008‰, 1967: 0.0004‰, 1968: 0.0006‰, 1969: 0.0007‰, 1970: 0.0007‰, 1971: 0.0004‰, 1972: 0.0007‰, 1973: 0.0009‰, 1974: 0.0008‰, 1975: 0.0008‰, 1976: 0.0008‰, 1977: 0.0009‰, 1978: 0.001‰, 1979: 0.0012‰, 1980: 0.0011‰, 1981: 0.001‰, 1982: 0.001‰, 1983: 0.0009‰, 1984: 0.0009‰, 1985: 0.0012‰, 1986: 0.0007‰, 1987: 0.0007‰, 1988: 0.001‰, 1989: 0.0005‰, 1990: 0.0009‰, 1991: 0.0005‰, 1992: 0.0003‰, 1993: 0.0004‰, 1994: 0.0003‰, 1995: 0.0003‰, 1996: 0.0001‰, 1997: 0.0005‰, 1998: 0.0006‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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