Gaweye Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gaweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gaweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaweye is found most in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaweye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaweye is the 5,057,639th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Gaweye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaweye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,370,858. In Niger Gaweye is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 43 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 43 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Gaweye
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