Gakwe Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Gakwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gakwe (10) may also be a first name.
Gakwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Gakwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakwe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Gakwe is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 61 percent reside, Ogun, where 10 percent reside and Niger, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngakwe | 91 | 165 | / |
| Kgakwe | 91 | 16 | / |
| Gaakwe | 91 | 12 | / |
| Gakwea | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gakwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gaikwed | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ngakwey | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kgatkwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kgakgwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gakwoue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gangkwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gokwe | 80 | 81 | / |
| Gakwa | 80 | 70 | / |
| Gakwi | 80 | 18 | / |
| Gagwe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gacwe | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ngankwey | 77 | 123 | / |
| Gaikwead | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngangkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgakwa | 73 | 63 | / |
| Gaikwd | 73 | 29 | / |
| Gakwai | 73 | 22 | / |
| Gaykwd | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gaskue | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gaikwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ngakue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gaykwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghokwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghakwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaegwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gagwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gagwee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gankwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gagwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaykew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gakuhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gangkwi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Gahakwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kgokgwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngankue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gaikwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngakwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngakwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngokwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgonkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghangwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gakouet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gasgwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngancwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaqw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gakwe
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