Gabwe Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Gabwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gabwe (19) may also be a first name.
Gabwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gabwe is found most in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gabwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gabwe is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Gabwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gabwe are found; 48 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 19 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Gabwe is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 85 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 48 percent are found and Gabon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaabwe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ggabwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gabweh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gabw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gabbe | 80 | 519 | / |
| Gabwa | 80 | 167 | / |
| Gabwi | 80 | 24 | / |
| Gobwe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gabue | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ghabw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gavwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gabbey | 73 | 445 | / |
| Gabbei | 73 | 89 | / |
| Ngabue | 73 | 77 | / |
| Gabuet | 73 | 27 | / |
| Gabbeh | 73 | 26 | / |
| Ngobwe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Gaebue | 73 | 17 | / |
| Gaubue | 73 | 12 | / |
| Gaabue | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gabway | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ghabwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ghabbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngabwi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gaboue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gavbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gavbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghabue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaybue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gobwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabuer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaubbe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gasbue | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gaibbe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gaybueh | 67 | 53 | / |
| Gabouer | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gaavbee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gabouet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngahbue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngoibwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngohbwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaubvet | 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 Gabwe
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