Gorowa Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Gorowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 89 | 1:173,463 | 21,090 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gorowa (10) may also be a first name.
Gorowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorowa is most common in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gorowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorowa? popularity and diffusion
Gorowa is the 1,504,764th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Gorowa reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 10 people.
Gorowa is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 173,463. In Zimbabwe Gorowa is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 53 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 17 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent live and Poland, where 6 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 Gorowa
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