Gwaigwai Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Gwaigwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gwaigwai (42) may also be a first name.
Gwaigwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaigwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwaigwai is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gwaigwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaigwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwaigwai is the 2,168,711th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwaigwai are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 42 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria Gwaigwai is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 84 percent live, Yobe, where 15 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwaigwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gwayigwayi | 89 | 53 | / |
| Gwoigwai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gwagwa | 86 | 1,914 | / |
| Gwigwi | 86 | 22 | / |
| Gwagwi | 86 | 9 | / |
| Gwaikwa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kwaigwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngwigwi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gwaygwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwagwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gwagwas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kgwagwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kgwakgwa | 75 | 331 | / |
| Gwasgwas | 75 | 53 | / |
| Kwaikwai | 75 | 14 | / |
| Gcwagcwa | 75 | 11 | / |
| Gwaygway | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gwaikwad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kgwahgwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwagwaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbaigbai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwuagwua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaigwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwayikwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwagwa'e | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwaegwae | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaikwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwakwa | 71 | 152 | / |
| Kwigwa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Gwangwaya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Gwagwe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Gwikwi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ngwang'wa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ngwangway | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gwigwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwang'way | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuigwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guaigua | 67 | 1,540 | / |
| Kwaghwa | 67 | 137 | / |
| Gwayagwaya | 67 | 89 | / |
| Gbaigba | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ngwikwi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Gwagbay | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kwuigwa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gwangwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gwanqwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkwigwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kgwaakgwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwayiqwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayikwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwajugwaju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaigba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaikwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guaigui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwagbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gweikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaqwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwei | 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
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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 Gwaigwai
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