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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gahwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Gahwan is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of Gahwan reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Gahwan is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 22 percent are found and Yemen, where 22 percent are found.
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gahwan
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