Gawah Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Gawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Gawah (95) may also be a first name.
Gawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gawah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gawah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gawah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gawah is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 95 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Gawah is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 47 percent live, Benue, where 37 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 30 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 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
- 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 Gawah
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