Gawon Surname
Approximately 610 people bear this surname
Gawon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 519 | 1:341,316 | 18,530 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Gawon (362) may also be a first name.
Gawon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gawon occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Gawon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gawon is the 530,215th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,946,797 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Gawon live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 362 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 519 people, or 1 in 341,316. In Nigeria Gawon is most prevalent in: Benue, where 59 percent reside, Adamawa, where 6 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 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 Gawon
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