Gwagwarwa Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Gwagwarwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 300 | 1:590,476 | 28,418 |
Gwagwarwa Demographics
Gwagwarwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gwagwarwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwagwarwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwagwarwa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwagwarwa? popularity and diffusion
Gwagwarwa is the 893,754th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. Gwagwarwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwagwarwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gwagwarwa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 590,476. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 74 percent live, Imo, where 21 percent live and Edo, where 3 percent live.
Gwagwarwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
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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 Gwagwarwa
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