Gweth Surname

251,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,574 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Gweth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gweth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,4641:14,1871,938
Kenya1051:439,80923,523
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Gweth (97) may also be a first name.

Gweth Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gweth Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gweth occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gweth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gweth is the 251,650th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,629,953 people. The last name Gweth occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gweth are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Gweth is also the 962,660th most widely held forename on earth, held by 97 people.

The last name Gweth is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,464 people, or 1 in 14,187. In Cameroon Gweth is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 68 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 29 percent are found and East Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Gweth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Gwweth911/
Gweïth911/
Gwet892,065/
Kgwethe83148/
Gqwethe8388/
Gwete801,185/
Gueth80547/
Gwett8027/
Kweth8014/
Gwedh8011/
Gwith801/
Gveth801/
Gweet801/
Gwets801/
Gwiet800/
Kgwete733,606/
Cwethe7317/
Gqwete735/
Kwethe733/
Kweeth732/
Gwette732/
Kweith732/
Qwethe731/
Qweeth731/
Gueith731/
Gueyth731/
Nkweth731/
Guet678,403/
Kwet67510/
Gwit67252/
Ghwaith67242/
Gwed67101/
Cwetsch6725/
Gwét673/
Ghbeith671/
Gvet671/
Gouethe671/
Gbet671/
Gweîtte671/
Qwet671/

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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 Gweth
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