Gawus Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Gawus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gawus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia291:4,560,317223,141
Namibia161:150,5889,534
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293

Gawus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gawus occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gawus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gawus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,689,253rd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Gawus is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Gawus are found; 69 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 69 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 4,560,317. In Indonesia Gawus is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gawuse919/
Gaiwus911/
Gawuys911/
Gawushe83105/
Gabus80606/
Gowus8068/
Gawuc805/
Gavus804/
Gawutshe776/
Gowush73150/
Gabous7327/
Gabush736/
Gabuis736/
Gaveus734/
Gabuzs732/
Gaibus732/
Gaubus732/
Gawoes731/
Gauvus731/
Gaybus731/
Goweus730/
Gaboush6729/
Gabouss678/
Ghabush672/
Gavushe671/
Gawosch671/
Gavuush671/
Gowgush670/

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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 Gawus
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