Gnowa Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Gnowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 369 | 1:56,285 | 7,266 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Gnowa (757) may also be a first name.
Gnowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gnowa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 752,779th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. Gnowa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnowa reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 29 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 298,585th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 757 people.
The last name Gnowa is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 56,285. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 52 percent are found, North Region, where 18 percent are found and Centre Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Benin, 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
- 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 Gnowa
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