Gwaye Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Gwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwaye (36) may also be a first name.
Gwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwaye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gwaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,931,261st most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwaye reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 36 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Gwaye is most frequent in: Plateau, where 48 percent reside, Kaduna, where 45 percent reside and Benue, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Gwaye occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and Liberia, where 6 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 Gwaye
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