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
Gnowa is held by more people in Cameroon 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 surname Gnowa is the 752,779th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnowa are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 29 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Gnowa is also the 298,585th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 757 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 56,285. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 52 percent reside, North Region, where 18 percent reside and Centre Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Gnowa exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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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