Gwadawa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gwadawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gwadawa (13) may also be a first name.
Gwadawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwadawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwadawa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwadawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwadawa is the 5,213,395th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwadawa reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwadawa is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Gwadawa is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 92 percent reside and Taraba, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwadava | 86 | 24 | / |
| Gbadawa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ngwadowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbadawah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbadaba | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kwadewa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kwadaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwadawo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbadawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwadabea | 67 | 66 | / |
| Gwaadabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghwadabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwadawou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guadaibai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gbadabo | 57 | 58 | / |
| Guadabi | 57 | 5 | / |
| Guadabe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Guadavo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gbadowe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gbadabe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gbadouwey | 50 | 5 | / |
| Cuhadavat | 50 | 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 Gwadawa
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