Gewasa Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gewasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gewasa (33) may also be a first name.
Gewasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gewasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gewasa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gewasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gewasa? popularity and diffusion
Gewasa is the 2,293,424th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Gewasa reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gewasa is also the 1,807,719th most common first name on earth, borne by 33 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 119,908. In Papua New Guinea Gewasa is most common in: Morobe, where 91 percent reside, National Capital District, where 7 percent reside and Central, where 1 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngewasa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Gaewasa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gewasha | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngewasha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gowasa | 83 | 2,630 | / |
| Gewesa | 83 | 49 | / |
| Giwasa | 83 | 34 | / |
| Gawasa | 83 | 24 | / |
| Sewasa | 83 | 18 | / |
| Gewaza | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gewaso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gewase | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gebasa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngewasi | 77 | 34 | / |
| Gawassa | 77 | 13 | / |
| Sewasha | 77 | 8 | / |
| Seewasa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sewasaa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gaiwasa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gawaisa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gebasha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guevasa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gewajai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gowasai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Giwaisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gowasea | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gawaisay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gawaza | 67 | 1,635 | / |
| Giwasi | 67 | 67 | / |
| Gebase | 67 | 30 | / |
| Gevaza | 67 | 14 | / |
| Govesa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gevesa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Siwasa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gibasa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gavasa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Govasa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Givasa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gevasi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gawesa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gavesa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jiwasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gevase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giwaso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jevasa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gewasa
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