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
The last name Gwalem is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwalem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwalem is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Gwalem is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gwalem reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gwalem is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 86 percent live, Borno, where 7 percent live and Kebbi, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 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 Gwalem
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