Gezawa Surname

482,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gezawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gezawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6831:259,36014,913
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Gezawa (15) may also be a first name.

Gezawa Last Name Facts

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

Gezawa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gezawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Gezawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 482,629th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gezawa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gezawa is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 683 people, or 1 in 259,360. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 69 percent are found, Anambra, where 26 percent are found and Enugu, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Gezawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngezawa921/
Gazawa832,035/
Gezawe831,299/
Gezawy83337/
Gozawa8312/
Cezawa839/
Zezawa837/
Sezawa832/
Gesawa832/
Gezawo831/
Gezewa831/
Gizawa831/
Gazaway772,044/
Seczawa77105/
Gazhawa7763/
Ghezawi7753/
Gesawat7748/
Gadzawa7711/
Rzezawa777/
Gezawey774/
Zezawah772/
Gezawee771/
Gerzava771/
Ngizawa771/
Gaizawa771/
Seizawa771/
Gozaway771/
Gezhaeva71276/
Gazzaway71138/
Ghezavat7135/
Ghezzawi7112/
Ghazawah712/
Gesaiwai711/
Gesawath711/
Gesaawat711/
Gezachwe711/
Gizawi673,148/
Zesawa671,309/
Gesewa67889/
Gizawy67760/
Sesawa67614/
Gosawa67471/
Gisawa67464/
Dzierzawa67170/
Gasawa67149/
Sezawo6769/
Gizawe6754/
Gezova6721/
Gasowa6713/
Gozava677/
Gezabi675/
Gazawo673/
Gijawa672/
Gezeva672/
Jesawa672/
Gejava671/
Ghazzawai671/
Gazowa671/
Cizawa671/
Jizawa671/
Zezawo671/
Gazava671/
Gozowa671/
Gizaba671/
Gizewa671/
Gesowa671/
Dzieczawa671/
Sezowa671/

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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 Gezawa
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