Gnowe Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Gnowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 240 | 1:86,538 | 10,461 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Gnowe (409) may also be a first name.
Gnowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnowe has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnowe? popularity and diffusion
Gnowe is the 1,038,570th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnowe live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 426,190th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 409 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 86,538. In Cameroon Gnowe is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 71 percent live, North Region, where 22 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 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 Gnowe
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