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
The last name Gowases is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gowases click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowases? popularity and diffusion
It is the 259,625th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,813,439 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gowases reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 1,508 people, or 1 in 1,598. In Namibia Gowases is most common in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 36 percent live, Erongo Region, where 22 percent live and Kunene Region, where 20 percent live. Beside Namibia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Gowases
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