Gawga Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gawga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gawga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gawga is most common in Niger. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Gawga occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gawga reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 4,798,004. In Niger it is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 25 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Gawga
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