Gwanvoma Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Gwanvoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gwanvoma Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon441:472,02438,779
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England41:13,929,515290,718

Gwanvoma Last Name Facts

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

Gwanvoma is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwanvoma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,372,517th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Gwanvoma live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Gwanvoma is most common in: Northwest Region, where 70 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganvamma751/
Kuwanvama714/
Ganavam673/
Kanfoma670/
Gwambama631/

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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 Gwanvoma
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