Gapwa Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Gapwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gapwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gapwa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Gapwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapwa? popularity and diffusion
Gapwa is the 3,185,033rd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gapwa live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Gapwa is most frequent in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Gapwa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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
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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 Gapwa
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