Gaiwa Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Gaiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 125 | 1:166,153 | 17,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Gaïwa (1) are calculated separately.
Gaiwa (1,004) may also be a first name.
Gaiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaiwa is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as: Gaïwa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaiwa? popularity and diffusion
Gaiwa is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Gaiwa are found; 38 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 38 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 253,918th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,004 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 166,153. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 66 percent are found, North Region, where 30 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Gaiwa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 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 Gaiwa
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