Gwater Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gwater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwater Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwater occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gwater click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwater? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Gwater occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gwater are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gwater is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwather | 92 | 14 | / |
| Gwatere | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ghwaiter | 86 | 31 | / |
| Geewater | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kwater | 83 | 414 | / |
| Gbater | 83 | 12 | / |
| Guater | 83 | 7 | / |
| Kwaiter | 77 | 29 | / |
| Guaiter | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kwahter | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kwatere | 77 | 3 | / |
| Guauter | 77 | 2 | / |
| Guatere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guayter | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwether | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gbeateer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quater | 67 | 41 | / |
| Guatre | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kweter | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kwatir | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbatir | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cuater | 67 | 3 | / |
| Guauthier | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kuater | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gboter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwatre | 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
- 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 Gwater
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