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 carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Gawana are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Gawana is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 35 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 84 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found and Pakistan, where 5 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 Gawana
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