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 surname Gwain is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwain? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 618,896th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwain live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most widespread given name on earth, held by 117 people.
Gwain is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 43,179. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 23 percent reside and Centre Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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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