Gaweya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gaweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gaweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaweya has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaweya? popularity and diffusion
Gaweya is the 6,723,624th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaweya are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Gaweya is primarily concentrated in: Tororo District, where 33 percent live, Buikwe District, where 17 percent live and Kampala District, where 17 percent live. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.
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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 Gaweya
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