Gawala Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Gawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 450 | 1:1,704,590 | 61,595 |
| Philippines | 201 | 1:503,673 | 59,029 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Gawala (160) may also be a first name.
Gawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gawala (Hindi: ग्वाला, Marathi: गवळे, Oriya: ଗାୱାଲା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 482,070th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. The last name Gawala occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Gawala reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 65 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gawala is also the 725,185th most widespread first name globally, held by 160 people.
The last name Gawala is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 450 people, or 1 in 1,704,590. In India Gawala is most common in: Assam, where 65 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 10 percent live and West Bengal, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account India Gawala exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gawala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gawala in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्वाला | gvala | - |
| Gawala in the Marathi language | ||
| गवळे | gavale | - |
| Gawala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାୱାଲା | gawala | 78.26 |
| ଗୱାଲା | gawala | 13.04 |
| ଗାୱଲା | gawala | 7.25 |
| ଗୁଭାଲା | gubhala | 1.45 |
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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 Gawala
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