Giwah Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Giwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Giwah (19) may also be a first name.
Giwah Demographics
Average Giwah Salary in
United States
$43,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Giwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Giwah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Giwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Giwah is the 528,890th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Giwah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Besides Ghana this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Giwah Last Name Statistics demography
Giwah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghiwah | 91 | 16 | / |
| Gaiwah | 91 | 13 | / |
| Goiwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Giwa | 89 | 39,545 | / |
| Guiwach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Guiwa | 80 | 3,097 | / |
| Gaiwa | 80 | 240 | / |
| Givah | 80 | 108 | / |
| Giwai | 80 | 67 | / |
| Guwah | 80 | 38 | / |
| Gewah | 80 | 16 | / |
| Goiwa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Gihwa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Giwea | 80 | 4 | / |
| Giwua | 80 | 4 | / |
| Giwaa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Giewa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Giwwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ghiwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Giwoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Giwoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guihwath | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaiwad | 73 | 150 | / |
| Giewat | 73 | 54 | / |
| Ghibah | 73 | 37 | / |
| Guwaha | 73 | 21 | / |
| Gaiway | 73 | 20 | / |
| Guiwea | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ghiwas | 73 | 6 | / |
| Giewai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gaiwai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nggiwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gichwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Guewah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gaywah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Guiswa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kgaiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giswai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giways | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giwaad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgibah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghiwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghiwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guiwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gisuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gishwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghaiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giva | 67 | 9,475 | / |
| Giba | 67 | 3,850 | / |
| Guwa | 67 | 2,273 | / |
| Gewa | 67 | 688 | / |
| Gywa | 67 | 218 | / |
| Ghaibah | 67 | 156 | / |
| Ghaiwat | 67 | 70 | / |
| Giwo | 67 | 42 | / |
| Givhash | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gaihwad | 67 | 10 | / |
| Guwahai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gaijwad | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gaichwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Githuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaaiwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gayweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geswath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghaiwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guivaha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Giwah
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