Gabow Surname
Approximately 14,192 people bear this surname
Gabow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 8,431 | 1:1,596 | 162 |
| Kenya | 5,619 | 1:8,219 | 1,077 |
| United States | 79 | 1:4,588,088 | 240,017 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gabow (2,554) may also be a first name.
Gabow Demographics
Gabow Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gabow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gabow occurs most in Somalia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabow? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 37,141st most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 513,497 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gabow reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Gabow is also the 145,797th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 2,554 people.
The surname is most frequent in Somalia, where it is borne by 8,431 people, or 1 in 1,596. Besides Somalia this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Gabow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gabow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gabow surname expanded 7,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gabow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (97%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gabow surname are 20.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 74.07% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gabow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.7% less than the national average, earning 174,067 kr per year; in United States they earn 75.04% more than the national average, earning $75,529 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.72% less than the national average, earning $39,886 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaabow | 91 | 347 | / |
| Gaboow | 91 | 9 | / |
| Gahbow | 91 | 9 | / |
| Gabouw | 91 | 6 | / |
| Gabowe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gaaboow | 83 | 13 | / |
| Gahbowt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gabov | 80 | 3,986 | / |
| Gebow | 80 | 110 | / |
| Gabaw | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gobow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghabouwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gabova | 73 | 4,272 | / |
| Gaibov | 73 | 2,776 | / |
| Gaboev | 73 | 176 | / |
| Gaboff | 73 | 43 | / |
| Ghebow | 73 | 23 | / |
| Gaybov | 73 | 13 | / |
| Gaboob | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gebouw | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gabofe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabgaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaabob | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaybaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabuov | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabovs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaboif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaibova | 67 | 2,511 | / |
| Gaaboub | 67 | 218 | / |
| Ghaboub | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngampow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaybova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Goubouw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaiboff | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gabow
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