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 is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,061,309th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. Gawah is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gawah are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gawah is also the 974,243rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 95 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is most common in: Taraba, where 47 percent are found, Benue, where 37 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 30 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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