Gahwera Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Gahwera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 338 | 1:115,501 | 11,142 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gahwera (15) may also be a first name.
Gahwera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahwera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahwera occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gahwera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahwera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gahwera is the 820,032nd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The last name Gahwera is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gahwera are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 15 people.
The last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 115,501. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Hoima District, where 37 percent live, Masindi District, where 36 percent live and Buliisa District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 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 Gahwera
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