Gwain Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Gwain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 481 | 1:43,179 | 5,721 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gwain (117) may also be a first name.
Gwain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwain is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwain is the 618,896th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name Gwain occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwain live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Gwain is also the 864,112th most numerous first name on earth, held by 117 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 43,179. In Cameroon Gwain is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent live, Southwest Region, where 23 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Gwain
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