Gouw Surname
Approximately 2,224 people bear this surname
Gouw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,110 | 1:15,214 | 2,286 |
| Indonesia | 583 | 1:226,843 | 21,100 |
| United States | 180 | 1:2,013,661 | 129,138 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Gouw (5,344) may also be a first name.
Gouw Demographics
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Gouw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouw is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 189,889th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,276,774 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Gouw are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Gouw is also the 92,221st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 5,344 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,110 people, or 1 in 15,214. In The Netherlands Gouw is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 43 percent reside, Utrecht, where 14 percent reside and North Brabant, where 12 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Gouw Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gouw are 4.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.78% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gouw earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.4% more than the national average, earning $51,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.88% less than the national average, earning $47,257 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gouwe | 89 | 1,203 | / |
| Gow | 86 | 12,208 | / |
| Guw | 86 | 12 | / |
| Kgouwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ghouws | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ggouws | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gouswh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowa | 75 | 4,488 | / |
| Gowe | 75 | 2,469 | / |
| Ghow | 75 | 383 | / |
| Guwe | 75 | 130 | / |
| Gauw | 75 | 98 | / |
| Goow | 75 | 8 | / |
| Gouf | 75 | 6 | / |
| Goew | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gowś | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gowf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Goub | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nguw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kguw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Qgow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gouv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gojw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cguw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Govw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gowh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gowp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gowt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gusw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Guvw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Guwh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngayouw | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kgowa | 67 | 740 | / |
| Kgowe | 67 | 410 | / |
| Gohwe | 67 | 125 | / |
| Gouff | 67 | 103 | / |
| Gauwe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Guhwe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ngouv | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gouph | 67 | 15 | / |
| Goufe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Goudf | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ghowe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ghouf | 67 | 8 | / |
| Giyow | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gowsz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ghouv | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goufh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goiwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Guwhe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ggowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gujaw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Goyew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goyiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghoub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goiws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gousf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouvd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouvt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goshw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gayow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goyaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gojow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guejw | 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 Gouw
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