Gauwa Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Gauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gauwa (45) may also be a first name.
Gauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gauwa occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gauwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,637,889th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Gauwa are found; 69 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 69 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gauwa is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 45 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 97,068. In Papua New Guinea Gauwa is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 62 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 24 percent reside and Milne Bay, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside and India, 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
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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 Gauwa
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