Gawana Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Gawana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gawana (35) may also be a first name.
Gawana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gawana is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gawana.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Gawana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Gawana reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Gawana is also the 1,744,716th most common first name world-wide, held by 35 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Gawana is most common in: Far North Region, where 84 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Pakistan, where 5 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 Gawana
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