Gaway Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Gaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 176 | 1:575,217 | 63,737 |
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gaway (28) may also be a first name.
Gaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaway is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,025,894th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Gaway are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
This surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 575,217. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Soccsksargen, where 66 percent live, Davao Region, where 28 percent live and Bicol, where 2 percent live. Besides The Philippines Gaway exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 24 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Gaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gaway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gaway surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gaway
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