Gisawo Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gisawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gisawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gisawo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gisawo is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gisawo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Gisawo is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Gisawo are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Gisawo is primarily found in: Western, where 93 percent are found, Central, where 3 percent are found and National Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Gisawo is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sisawo831,632/
Gisawa83464/
Gisabo836/
Sissawo772/
Sishawo771/
Gaisawat717/
Gijsawat714/
Gesabo67379/
Sezawo6769/
Gusawa6719/
Gisowa6710/
Gisova678/
Sesawo677/
Gizavo677/
Sisawa677/
Gisoba673/
Gizabo673/
Gisaba673/
Jisawa672/
Gijawa672/
Gesawa672/
Gisobo671/
Cizawo671/
Gezawo671/
Gizawa671/
Giseva671/

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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
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  • 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 Gisawo
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