Gawam Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gawam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Gawam (97) may also be a first name.
Gawam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gawam is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Gawam live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 962,660th most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 97 people.
The last name Gawam is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 90 percent reside and Plateau, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Gawam is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside and Malaysia, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghawam | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gawame | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gawatem | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ghawaam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gawan | 80 | 3,242 | / |
| Gabam | 80 | 63 | / |
| Gowam | 80 | 18 | / |
| Gavam | 80 | 14 | / |
| Gawom | 80 | 7 | / |
| Gawand | 73 | 1,448 | / |
| Goewam | 73 | 1,133 | / |
| Ghavam | 73 | 749 | / |
| Gawane | 73 | 260 | / |
| Gawain | 73 | 89 | / |
| Goswam | 73 | 36 | / |
| Gawaan | 73 | 33 | / |
| Gawant | 73 | 14 | / |
| Gaabam | 73 | 11 | / |
| Gouwam | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gahwan | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gaiwan | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gaawan | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gowame | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gauvam | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gavaim | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gaywan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngawom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gajwan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gatvam | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gawoum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gawwan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghawan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghabam | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gavamd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngavam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gawgan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gauwan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gawhan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gavame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cgawan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabaam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghowam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gawahan | 67 | 1,296 | / |
| Kgawane | 67 | 516 | / |
| Gawhane | 67 | 367 | / |
| Gauwain | 67 | 73 | / |
| Ghaywan | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ghawand | 67 | 29 | / |
| Gauwane | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gawasin | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ghawane | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gawaten | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gaawand | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghawoum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghaiwan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gahawan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghavame | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gawahne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gavhame | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaewhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggawand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gachwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghabaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngaawan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngawoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawaine | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gaubaim | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ncgawan | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gawam
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis