Gouwa Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Gouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 54 | 1:355,408 | 10,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gouwa (243) may also be a first name.
Gouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﺍ) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Gouwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Gouwa are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Gouwa is also the 573,164th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 243 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 355,408. In Niger it is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 37 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 28 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 24 percent are found. Barring Niger Gouwa is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍ | akwa | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻛﻮ | akw | 33.33 |
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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 Gouwa
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