Gahwan Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gahwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Gahwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahwan is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahwan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Gahwan are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gahwan is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 22 percent reside and Yemen, where 22 percent reside.
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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
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- 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
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