Gerwa Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gerwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Gerwa (10) may also be a first name.
Gerwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerwa is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gerwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Gerwa live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Gerwa is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Gerwa is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 56 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 31 percent reside and Chimbu, where 6 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 17 percent reside and India, 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 Gerwa
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