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
The last name Gnowe is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,038,570th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. Gnowe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnowe reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Gnowe is also the 426,190th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 409 people.
The last name Gnowe is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 86,538. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 71 percent reside, North Region, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, 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 Gnowe
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