Gowak Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Gowak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gowak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gowak is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gowak.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Gowak is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Gowak reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gowak is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Gowak is mostly found in: Bauchi, where 57 percent are found, Plateau, where 40 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Gowak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gowak has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gowak surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gowak
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