Gnawa Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Gnawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 811 | 1:28,448 | 1,968 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gnawa (526) may also be a first name.
Gnawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gnawa is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnawa? popularity and diffusion
Gnawa is the 418,171st most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,769,610 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Gnawa live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnawa is also the 367,904th most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 526 people.
Gnawa is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 811 people, or 1 in 28,448. In The Ivory Coast Gnawa is most prevalent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 37 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 28 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gnawa
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