Gowelo Surname
Approximately 2,159 people bear this surname
Gowelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,117 | 1:8,086 | 1,225 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Gowelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gowelo is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gowelo.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gowelo is the 194,607th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,375,427 people. Gowelo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gowelo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,117 people, or 1 in 8,086. Barring Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and 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
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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 Gowelo
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