Gofwen Surname
Approximately 949 people bear this surname
Gofwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 948 | 1:186,859 | 11,345 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
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
Gofwen is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gofwen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 376,758th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,679,184 people. Gofwen occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gofwen reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 925,156th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 104 people.
Gofwen is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 948 people, or 1 in 186,859. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 85 percent live, Taraba, where 5 percent live and Bauchi, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Gofwen exists in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 0 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 Gofwen
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