Gwaabe Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Gwaabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Gwaabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwaabe occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwaabe is the 2,255,512th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gwaabe live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 19 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwaabe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwabe | 91 | 235 | / |
| Gcwabe | 83 | 1,896 | / |
| Gqwabe | 83 | 43 | / |
| Gwabee | 83 | 32 | / |
| Gbaabe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Gwaber | 83 | 8 | / |
| Gwaabi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gwabes | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gwabie | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gwaibe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ggwabe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwaaba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwabea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwabe | 77 | 713 | / |
| Gbaabee | 77 | 12 | / |
| Gwahaba | 77 | 10 | / |
| Kwaabea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngwaabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbahabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Qwabe | 73 | 25,323 | / |
| Gwebe | 73 | 936 | / |
| Kwabe | 73 | 903 | / |
| Gwaba | 73 | 611 | / |
| Gbabe | 73 | 388 | / |
| Gwabi | 73 | 315 | / |
| Cwabe | 73 | 8 | / |
| Guabe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gwobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghwaiber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwabea | 67 | 697 | / |
| Guabes | 67 | 131 | / |
| Gcwaba | 67 | 117 | / |
| Gbabee | 67 | 71 | / |
| Guabez | 67 | 71 | / |
| Kwaebe | 67 | 54 | / |
| Kwabee | 67 | 47 | / |
| Gbabeh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Kgwebe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gbabea | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ncwabe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gwaiba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gbaave | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kwaave | 67 | 6 | / |
| Guabei | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kgwabi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Guaaybess | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gwebee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gqwebe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwahbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gwebhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qwabie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwabie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbabey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwaaba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwabei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwebeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guabed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gweebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwuabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwaibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbaibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gueabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guabie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwampe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gweibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwasbe | 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 Gwaabe
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