Gwarzo Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Gwarzo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 509 | 1:348,021 | 18,823 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwarzo (448) may also be a first name.
Gwarzo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwarzo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwarzo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwarzo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 577,768th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gwarzo live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwarzo is also the 404,611th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 448 people.
The surname Gwarzo is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 509 people, or 1 in 348,021. In Nigeria Gwarzo is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 75 percent reside, Kaduna, where 5 percent reside and Bauchi, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gwarzo
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