Gewi Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Gewi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 167 | 1:48,825 | 6,087 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gewi (157) may also be a first name.
Gewi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gewi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gewi occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gewi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,152,132nd most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Gewi reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 732,696th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 157 people.
Gewi is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 48,825. In Papua New Guinea Gewi is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 66 percent live, Chimbu, where 19 percent live and Western Highlands, where 5 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 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 Gewi
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