Gidwin Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gidwin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gidwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gidwin (11) may also be a first name.

Gidwin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gidwin is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gidwin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Gidwin occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gidwin are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gidwin is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 11 people.

Gidwin is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Gidwin is most common in: Adamawa, where 86 percent are found, Edo, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gudwin8377/
Gedwin832/
Sidwin831/
Jidwin831/
Gjdwin831/
Goidwn831/
Gedwien7732/
Gudwien777/
Joidwin770/
Gidvn731/
Giedwoyn718/
Zuidwind716/
Giedwojn712/
Gutwin67154/
Sitwin6730/
Sedwin6725/
Geduin676/
Guduin671/
Siduin671/
Jiduin671/
Zedwin671/

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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 Gidwin
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