Gawawa Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gawawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gawawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3651:126,52010,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gawawa (200) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Gawawa Demographics

Gawawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 7 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Gawawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gawawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gawawa is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gawawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Gawawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 773,729th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. Gawawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gawawa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 640,739th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 200 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 126,520. In Kenya it is most common in: Tana River County, where 99 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside and Kwale County, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Gawawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghawawa921/
Gawawe831/
Gawawi831/
Gaweuwa775/
Ngawava771/
Gaywaweh711/
Gaiwabai711/
Gababa67587/
Gavava67161/
Gawabi678/
Gawave671/
Gabawy671/
Gawabe671/
Gobawa671/
Gabawe671/
Gowaba671/
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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 Gawawa
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