Gowth Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Gowth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gowth Last Name Facts

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

Gowth (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙ) is found most frequently in India. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Gowth live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Gowth is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Gowth is primarily found in: Kerala, where 60 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 20 percent are found and Pondicherry, where 20 percent are found. Not including India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghowth917/
Gowthe915/
Gowt891/
Ghowthe831/
Gowte8028/
Gowdh803/
Gawth801/
Gowtz800/
Gawthe7341/
Ghawth737/
Ghowdh736/
Gowd672,839/
Goft67107/
Govt677/
Gawt674/
Gobt670/

Gowth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gowth in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙalghwth-

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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
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  • 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 Gowth
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