Gofwen Surname

376,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gofwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gofwen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9481:186,85911,345
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Gofwen (104) may also be a first name.

Gofwen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gofwen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gofwen occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gofwen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gofwen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gofwen is the 376,758th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,679,184 people. The last name Gofwen is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gofwen live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gofwen is also the 925,156th most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 104 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 948 people, or 1 in 186,859. In Nigeria Gofwen is most frequent in: Plateau, where 85 percent live, Taraba, where 5 percent live and Bauchi, where 2 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gofwin8321/
Gofwem833/
Gofuen831/
Goofwin772/
Gobben6711/
Govwin674/
Gawben671/
Goobwin623/
Gabwn551/
Gobbin50574/
Gabuen5046/
Gabben503/
Gobuin503/
Gobbyn501/
Ghobbn501/
Ghabwn501/
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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 Gofwen
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