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
Gnawa is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gnawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 418,171st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The surname Gnawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Gnawa reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnawa is also the 367,904th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 526 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 811 people, or 1 in 28,448. In The Ivory Coast Gnawa is most frequent 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. Outside of The Ivory Coast Gnawa exists 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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