Gwom Surname
Approximately 6,658 people bear this surname
Gwom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,468 | 1:27,388 | 2,340 |
| Uganda | 149 | 1:262,009 | 19,164 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwom (1,113) may also be a first name.
Gwom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwom is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 73,899th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,094,555 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwom are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 239,008th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,113 people.
The surname Gwom is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,468 people, or 1 in 27,388. In Nigeria Gwom is most frequent in: Plateau, where 94 percent reside, Kaduna, where 2 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 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 Gwom
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