Gezaw Surname

71,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,938 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gezaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gezaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia6,9221:14,0921,992
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Gezaw (14,568) may also be a first name.

Gezaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gezaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gezaw is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gezaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gezaw is the 71,190th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,050,381 people. Gezaw is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gezaw live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gezaw is also the 47,357th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 14,568 people.

The last name Gezaw is most common in Ethiopia, where it is held by 6,922 people, or 1 in 14,092. Beside Ethiopia Gezaw occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Gezaw Last Name Statistics demography

Gezaw earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $42,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gezawe911,299/
Gedzaw911/
Gizaw80111,686/
Gazaw8040/
Gezaf804/
Gezow801/
Gesaw800/
Gizawe7354/
Getzow7339/
Gezova7321/
Ghazaw734/
Ghizaw731/
Gezafe731/
Ziezaw730/
Guetzow6766/
Gedzova6728/
Giezova6722/
Gizachw679/
Getzova676/
Gezhova673/
Getchaw671/
Guezzow671/

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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 Gezaw
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