Gwand Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gwand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea781:104,53514,121
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Gwand Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwand Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gwand (Marathi: गावंड) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwand? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,106,139th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. Gwand occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Gwand reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Gwand is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 104,535. In Papua New Guinea Gwand is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 69 percent reside, National Capital District, where 26 percent reside and West Sepik, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwandh911/
Gwandt911/
Ngwand911/
Kwand80338/
Guand8096/
Gwant808/
Gband806/
Gwond802/
Gvand801/
Kwandt7330/
Nkwand734/
Guandt732/
Gwantz731/
Kwahnd731/
Qwandt731/
Ngwandowa711/
Ghvhand671/
Gwosend671/

Gwand Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gwand in the Marathi language
गावंडgavanda-

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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 Gwand
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