Gnawe Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Gnawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 227 | 1:91,494 | 10,968 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
Gnawe (376) may also be a first name.
Gnawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gnawe occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnawe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gnawe are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Gnawe is also the 447,400th most frequently used forename internationally, held by 376 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 91,494. In Cameroon Gnawe is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 52 percent live, North Region, where 19 percent live and Littoral Region, where 15 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and Benin, where 5 percent live.
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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 Gnawe
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