Gwadabe Surname
Approximately 1,743 people bear this surname
Gwadabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,725 | 1:102,691 | 6,937 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwadabe (392) may also be a first name.
Gwadabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwadabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwadabe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwadabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 231,788th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,181,036 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwadabe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwadabe is also the 436,979th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 392 people.
The last name Gwadabe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,725 people, or 1 in 102,691. In Nigeria Gwadabe is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 67 percent are found, Bauchi, where 6 percent are found and Jigawa, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and England, 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 Gwadabe
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