Gwoto Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Gwoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gwoto Last Name Facts

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

Gwoto is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwoto? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gwoto is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Gwoto is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gwoto are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Gwoto is most common in: Adamawa, where 90 percent live and Plateau, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 35 percent live and Angola, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghwoto912/
Gwotto911/
Gwotho911/
Gwooto911/
Gwoito911/
Gboto801,157/
Gwota80245/
Gwato80158/
Gweto8023/
Kwoto805/
Guoto803/
Gwuto801/
Gbotto73261/
Gbotou73226/
Gwotta7356/
Gwoita7321/
Gbooto736/
Gwatoa734/
Guotto734/
Gbotho733/
Gbotoh731/
Gwatos731/
Cwotho731/
Gwatou731/
Gbouto731/
Hgboto731/
Gbotoi731/
Gboutou6744/
Ngwatoh6735/
Guoytou671/
Guoitto671/
Guoetou671/
Gbottou671/
Kwoutou671/

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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
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  • 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 Gwoto
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