Gaenewe Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Gaenewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaenewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Gaenewe (44) may also be a first name.

Gaenewe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gaenewe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gaenewe is most common in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaenewe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gaenewe is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaenewe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gaenewe is also the 1,525,482nd most common first name on earth It is held by 44 people.

Gaenewe is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Gaenewe is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 100 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganewe92136/
Genewe925/
Gaanewe86156/
Genewei868/
Ghaneweh801/
Geneve77847/
Ganiwe777/
Geniwe776/
Ganjwe775/
Ganawe772/
Genevey71446/
Genevee71283/
Genevie71148/
Genewai7135/
Gaanowe7117/
Genieve7114/
Genowei7111/
Genevea717/
Geneway717/
Geneive715/
Geneave715/
Kgenawe711/
Kgenywe711/
Geneuve711/
Ganeway711/
Genievee671/
Ganeaway671/
Geneivie670/

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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 Gaenewe
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