Gwaikolo Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gwaikolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwaikolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia5651:7,803908
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Gwaikolo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwaikolo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gwaikolo is most common in Liberia. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwaikolo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 559,180th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,830,186 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwaikolo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 7,803. In Liberia Gwaikolo is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 80 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 13 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwakolo936/
Gweikolo881/
Gbikolo8010/
Gwekolo806/
Nkwakolo751/
Gwehkolo751/
Gbakollo751/
Kwaikoula7123/
Gueikolou712/
Gbakoulou711/
Gwaikalah711/
Gwakula67327/
Gbakalo679/
Quakolo672/
Kwakelo671/
Gbakulo671/
Gwekola671/

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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 Gwaikolo
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