Gowases Surname
Approximately 1,514 people bear this surname
Gowases Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,508 | 1:1,598 | 216 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Gowases Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowases Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gowases has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowases? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gowases is the 259,625th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,813,439 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gowases reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Gowases is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 1,508 people, or 1 in 1,598. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 36 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 22 percent reside and Kunene Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Namibia Gowases exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owases | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gawases | 86 | 131 | / |
| Gowaser | 86 | 1 | / |
| Howases | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gowasea | 86 | 0 | / |
| Gowasher | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gowasa | 77 | 2,630 | / |
| Awases | 77 | 1,097 | / |
| Owoses | 77 | 326 | / |
| Gobase | 77 | 123 | / |
| Gawase | 77 | 61 | / |
| Gowage | 77 | 14 | / |
| Obases | 77 | 3 | / |
| Govase | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gowasi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owasis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaweses | 71 | 679 | / |
| Howoses | 71 | 241 | / |
| Gobashe | 71 | 36 | / |
| Gawassa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Gawadse | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ghawase | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gowashi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Goswasi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hobases | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gobasie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gouvase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gowasai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ghovase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gobhase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owaishez | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghobassy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghawaseh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowatche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngawashe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goubassi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goswager | 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
- 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 Gowases
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