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 occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gaweya.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaweya? popularity and diffusion
Gaweya is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gaweya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaweya reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Gaweya is most prevalent in: Tororo District, where 33 percent live, Buikwe District, where 17 percent live and Kampala District, where 17 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name 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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