Gonwe Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Gonwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
Gonwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonwe is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Gonwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gonwe reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Gonwe is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent are found and Far North Region, where 7 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gounwe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Gonnwe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gonwee | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gonwea | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gonwer | 91 | 0 | / |
| Gonw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ngounwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gomnwee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gounwer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gomwe | 80 | 1,561 | / |
| Gonwa | 80 | 594 | / |
| Gonbe | 80 | 124 | / |
| Gonue | 80 | 100 | / |
| Ganwe | 80 | 42 | / |
| Ghonw | 80 | 19 | / |
| Gunwe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gonve | 80 | 7 | / |
| Gonwi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Goonhwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngounwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gounwoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngonweih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonway | 73 | 131 | / |
| Gonnue | 73 | 89 | / |
| Ghenwe | 73 | 25 | / |
| Gonoue | 73 | 19 | / |
| Gonuer | 73 | 18 | / |
| Gonhue | 73 | 15 | / |
| Gounue | 73 | 12 | / |
| Gounwa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ganwei | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gounbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Goinue | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gonvea | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ngonve | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ganwes | 73 | 4 | / |
| Goumwe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gonwoa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gonbei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gonves | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gonver | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ganwey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghanwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ganwee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngunwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaanwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gomwez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gunwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonuie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghomwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ganweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonbee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gounoue | 67 | 274 | / |
| Gonhoue | 67 | 21 | / |
| Goynuer | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ngounue | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ganw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ganweer | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gasenwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ganwoue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghounwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngunwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gumnwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gounnue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gahnweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gounbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gonveez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gahnwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gannwey | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Gonwe
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