Gowaseb Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Gowaseb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 620 | 1:3,886 | 708 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gowaseb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowaseb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gowaseb has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowaseb? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 523,160th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gowaseb live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gowaseb is most widespread in Namibia, where it is carried by 620 people, or 1 in 3,886. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Khomas Region, where 30 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 24 percent are found and Kunene Region, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Namibia it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gowaseb
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