Where Does The Last Name Gwer Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gwer occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwer? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 636,210^th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gwer live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwer is also the 1,396,783^rd most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 51 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 461 people, or 1 in 384,258. In Nigeria Gwer is mostly found in: Benue, where 57 percent live, Nasarawa, where 28 percent live and Taraba, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Mexico, where 0 percent live.

Gwer Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gwer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gwer last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.