Gewaya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Gewaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gewaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gewaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gewaya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gewaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gewaya is the 5,812,366th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Gewaya are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gewaya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Gewaya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and Malaysia, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Gewaya
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