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 more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Gerwa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Gerwa live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 10 people.
The last name Gerwa is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 56 percent live, Jiwaka, where 31 percent live and Chimbu, where 6 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 17 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
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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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