Gorowe Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gorowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gorowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorowe is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gorowe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorowe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Gorowe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Gorowe live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Gorowe is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent are found, Bougainville, where 42 percent are found and Chimbu, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 46 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Gorowe
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