Gowain Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gowain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gowain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gowain is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowain? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Gowain live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Gowain is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Barring South Africa Gowain is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Gowain
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