Gwalah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gwalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gwalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwalah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwalah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwalah is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Gwalah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwalah are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia Gwalah is most frequent in: Bong County, where 50 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Ghana, where 20 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
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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 Gwalah
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