Gaweseb Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Gaweseb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaweseb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia4751:5,072963
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Gaweseb Last Name Facts

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

Gaweseb has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaweseb? popularity and diffusion

It is the 636,210th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,214,083 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaweseb live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Gaweseb is most frequent in Namibia, where it is borne by 475 people, or 1 in 5,072. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 35 percent live, Otjozondjupa Region, where 33 percent live and Erongo Region, where 29 percent live. Besides Namibia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Gaweseb Last Name Statistics demography

Gaweseb earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.53% less than the national average, earning R 29,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaeseb92420/
Gawiseb86296/
Gawaseb869/
Gaiseb7753/
Awiseb779/
Gasgeb778/
Gaseeb775/
Gazeeb774/
Gauseb772/
Gowaseb71621/
Ghajeeb711/
Ghazeeb711/
Ghaseeb711/
Gasseab711/
Gowoseb711/
Hawiseb711/
Howeseb711/
Eiseb67800/
Aseeb67158/
Auseb6785/
Yeseb674/
Euseb673/
Aiseb672/
Asieb672/

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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 Gaweseb
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