Gaweł Surname

52,913th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Gaweł Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaweł Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland9,6591:3,935417
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

Gaweł (471) may also be a first name.

Gaweł Last Name Facts

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

Gaweł has its highest incidence in Poland. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaweł? popularity and diffusion

It is the 52,913th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 754,092 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gaweł live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 392,250th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 471 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 9,659 people, or 1 in 3,935. Beside Poland it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gawieł911/
Gawel802,216/
Gawle80958/
Goweł801/
Gawell73187/
Ghawel73159/
Gawile7398/
Ngawel7311/
Ghawle7310/
Gamwel735/
Gawlhe732/
Gawele732/
Ganwle732/
Gawiel732/
Cgawel731/
Gawlet731/
Gawoel731/
Gamwell67428/
Gamwele6721/
Gawl675/
Nggawel674/
Ganwell674/
Gawille672/
Gauwell670/

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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 Gaweł
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis