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Across the world, Yaw (Yaw , יאו , ヤウ ) is a common principally boy's, but very seldom female given name. The first name Yaw is characteristic of Ghana, where it is a common boy's name, Aruba, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Gambia, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Ghana, India, and the United States. Likewise, Yaw is the last name as well as the forename.
Yaw is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yao , the character from Disney's Mulan.