Gwalem Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gwalem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gwalem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwalem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwalem is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwalem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwalem is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gwalem live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Gwalem is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Gwalem is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 86 percent are found, Borno, where 7 percent are found and Kebbi, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Gwalem exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Gwalem
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