Gwas Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Gwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 1:2,178,584 | 20,204 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwas is most common in Saudi Arabia. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gwas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 761,666th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Gwas occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Gwas live; 53 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most common in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Other than Saudi Arabia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwase | 89 | 79 | / |
| Gwash | 89 | 71 | / |
| Ghwas | 89 | 6 | / |
| Ngwas | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gwast | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kgwase | 80 | 36 | / |
| Ghwais | 80 | 24 | / |
| Gwashe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gwaase | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gwaise | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gwasse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ghwasd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwass | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gcwase | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghwash | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwas | 75 | 2,507 | / |
| Guas | 75 | 1,497 | / |
| Gwos | 75 | 300 | / |
| Gwaj | 75 | 87 | / |
| Qwas | 75 | 11 | / |
| Gbas | 75 | 5 | / |
| Gwaz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gvas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gwaishe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghwaish | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwast | 67 | 1,732 | / |
| Gwach | 67 | 1,293 | / |
| Guasp | 67 | 1,234 | / |
| Qwase | 67 | 580 | / |
| Guais | 67 | 534 | / |
| Kwase | 67 | 169 | / |
| Guash | 67 | 161 | / |
| Kwash | 67 | 152 | / |
| Guaus | 67 | 137 | / |
| Kwass | 67 | 97 | / |
| Gwost | 67 | 93 | / |
| Guays | 67 | 87 | / |
| Gueas | 67 | 65 | / |
| Ghbas | 67 | 50 | / |
| Ghuas | 67 | 36 | / |
| Quwas | 67 | 35 | / |
| Guass | 67 | 26 | / |
| Gbais | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nkwas | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kwahs | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gwose | 67 | 17 | / |
| Qwais | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gwosc | 67 | 12 | / |
| Qwast | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gwadz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kwasz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngwos | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cwass | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwaus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gwaiz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gvais | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwais | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwace | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghvas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwosz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbhas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guasc | 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 Gwas
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