Ginwa Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ginwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ginwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Ginwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ginwa is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ginwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ginwa? popularity and diffusion

Ginwa is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ginwa live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Other than The DR Congo Ginwa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nginwa9121/
Ginwas9114/
Ginway916/
Ghinwa912/
Gnwa893/
Ngin'wa831/
Gainway830/
Ginwe801,273/
Ginba80384/
Sinwa80240/
Ginua80102/
Genwa8018/
Gimwa8015/
Zinwa808/
Jinwa806/
Ginwi805/
Ghnwa801/
Ggnwa801/
Genway7323/
Guenwa7323/
Sinwai7312/
Guinwe7312/
Ghenwa739/
Ginbai737/
Jinhwa734/
Gnwaha734/
Ginmba733/
Sinwah733/
Ghnwat732/
Cinway732/
Sienwa732/
Djinwa732/
Genwad731/
Ghnwha731/
Ginwie731/
Ginweh731/
Gienwi731/
Guinwi731/
Zinwah731/
Nginwo731/
Nginua731/
Ghinwi731/
Jinwat731/
Ginwei731/
Zinway731/
Sinway731/
Ginwey731/
Zeinway6762/
Gnua6715/
Zainway678/
Snwa676/
Genwaad671/
Jinwadh671/
Sinweah671/
Gehnway671/
Zienway671/
Ngenwah671/
Nginwui671/
Znwa671/
Gnwe671/
Gnba671/
Guinuay671/
Gimnweh671/
Xnwa671/
Jnwa671/
Ginwood670/
Guinwip670/

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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 Ginwa
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