Gawoi Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gawoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Gawoi (9) may also be a first name.
Gawoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gawoi occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gawoi is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Gawoi is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Gawoi reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gawoi is also the 3,941,740th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 9 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Gawoi is mostly found in: Bong County, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 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
- 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 Gawoi
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