Gadawo Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Gadawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Gadawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gadawo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gadawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadawo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Gadawo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gadawo live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Gombe, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Somalia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadawa | 83 | 118 | / |
| Gadabo | 83 | 43 | / |
| Gadowo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gadabou | 77 | 110 | / |
| Gaidewo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gadhavo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaidawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gadawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gadeauwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gaidawad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gadaivou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gaddaboi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gadaba | 67 | 19,506 | / |
| Godawa | 67 | 708 | / |
| Gadeva | 67 | 250 | / |
| Gadova | 67 | 62 | / |
| Gadoba | 67 | 33 | / |
| Gadava | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gadowa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gadewa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gadová | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gadovo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gadobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gedawa | 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 Gadawo
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