Gahwa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gahwa (14) may also be a first name.
Gahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gahwa is found most frequently in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gahwa is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Gahwa reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gahwa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 14 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kabarole District, where 83 percent live and Masindi District, where 17 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
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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 Gahwa
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