Gwawoh Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gwawoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Gwawoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwawoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwawoh is more frequently found in Nigeria 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 Gwawoh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwawoh reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gwawoh is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 65 percent live, Ogun, where 27 percent live and Delta, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwawo | 91 | 7 | / |
| Ngwaiwoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbawoh | 83 | 14 | / |
| Kwawoh | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ngwawo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gwawou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gwaboh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwawah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwawou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwowoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwawa | 73 | 260 | / |
| Gwewo | 73 | 107 | / |
| Kwawo | 73 | 13 | / |
| Gwavo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwawua | 67 | 43 | / |
| Kwawou | 67 | 27 | / |
| Gwasvo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gwasuo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gwaywa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gwajwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwaboh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwawoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwawah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwajwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwajuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaubo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guawah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwawho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbavoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbawuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwavo | 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 Gwawoh
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