Gowm Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gowm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gowm Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Gowm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gowm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gowm occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gowm.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Gowm is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gowm live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Gowm is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 95 percent live and Nasarawa, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Howm751/
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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 Gowm
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