Gowam Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gowam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gowam (11) may also be a first name.
Gowam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gowam is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gowam.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Gowam is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gowam are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 11 people.
Gowam is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Gowam is primarily found in: Niger, where 40 percent reside, Benue, where 27 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goewam | 91 | 1,133 | / |
| Goswam | 91 | 36 | / |
| Gouwam | 91 | 10 | / |
| Gowame | 91 | 5 | / |
| Ghowam | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gowan | 80 | 6,915 | / |
| Guwam | 80 | 56 | / |
| Gawam | 80 | 27 | / |
| Gobam | 80 | 22 | / |
| Gowom | 80 | 21 | / |
| Govam | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ngowan | 73 | 442 | / |
| Gowane | 73 | 40 | / |
| Gosvam | 73 | 23 | / |
| Goewom | 73 | 22 | / |
| Cgowan | 73 | 12 | / |
| Gowain | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gawame | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gowaan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Guwame | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghawam | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gowann | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gouwan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowahn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowome | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghobam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowgan | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gowean | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kgowane | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ncgowan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Goswane | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gosvame | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gouwane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gawatem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghawaam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghowand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gosvaym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcgowan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goivamd | 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 Gowam
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