Gaiwe Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Gaiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 273 | 1:76,077 | 9,412 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Gaiwe (46) may also be a first name.
Gaiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaiwe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaiwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 948,111th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gaiwe reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Gaiwe is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 46 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 76,077. In Cameroon Gaiwe is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 60 percent reside, North Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
- 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 Gaiwe
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