View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Gawe Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Gawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮ) is found most in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gawè, Gawé or Gawê. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gawe? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 99,712^th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,536,161 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Gawe live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gawe is also the 257,484^th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 979 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 2,496 people, or 1 in 4,141. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 58 percent live, Atakora Department, where 22 percent live and Alibori Department, where 11 percent live. Apart from Benin Gawe occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.

Gawe Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gawe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gawe Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Gawe surname is chiefly Anglican (70%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Gawe surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gawe earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 23.37% less than the national average, earning R 182,112 per year and in United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.