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 is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawoi? popularity and diffusion
Gawoi is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Gawoi occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Gawoi live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 9 people.
The last name Gawoi is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Gawoi is most numerous in: Bong County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also found 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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