Gwangane Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gwangane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gwangane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwangane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwangane is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gwangane.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwangane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Gwangane reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwangane | 88 | 5 | / |
| Gwangene | 88 | 3 | / |
| Gwangana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ngwangan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nkwangane | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gbangan | 80 | 39 | / |
| Kwangan | 80 | 9 | / |
| Guangan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gwang'hana | 78 | 9 | / |
| Kwanghange | 78 | 4 | / |
| Ngwanganyi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kwahangane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kwangana | 75 | 217 | / |
| Kwangene | 75 | 28 | / |
| Kwangang | 75 | 13 | / |
| Gbangain | 75 | 2 | / |
| Qwangana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwangine | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hkwangana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbangon | 67 | 139 | / |
| Kuangan | 67 | 42 | / |
| Kwangon | 67 | 5 | / |
| Quangan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwangausen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwahangana | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gwangane
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