Gouwe Surname
Approximately 1,203 people bear this surname
Gouwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 620 | 1:87,383 | 10,740 |
| Botswana | 563 | 1:3,884 | 559 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gouwe (104) may also be a first name.
Gouwe Demographics
Average Gouwe Salary in
South Africa
R 141,192
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gouwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouwe is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gouwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 312,624th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,057,810 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gouwe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 104 people.
It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 620 people, or 1 in 87,383. In South Africa Gouwe is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Limpopo, where 9 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 47 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
Gouwe Last Name Statistics demography
Gouwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.59% less than the national average, earning R 141,192 per year.
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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 Gouwe
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