Gowana Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Gowana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 363 | 1:149,250 | 16,956 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gowana (11) may also be a first name.
Gowana Demographics
Average Gowana Salary in
South Africa
R 128,736
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gowana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gowana is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 725,073rd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. The surname Gowana is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gowana are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 149,250. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa Gowana occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Gowana Last Name Statistics demography
Gowana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning R 128,736 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 Gowana
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