Gwold Surname

295,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gwold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gwold Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Gwold Last Name Facts

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

Gwold is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwold? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gwold is the 295,590th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,649,260 people. The surname Gwold is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwold live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.

The last name Gwold is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Without taking into account Ethiopia Gwold is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guold804/
Gwald801/
Kwold801/
Hgvold732/
Høgvold6741/
Geebold670/
Gwalt609/
Gvald603/
Guald601/
Gbuld601/
Guauld551/
Gouault50940/
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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 Gwold
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