Family name Gawa (Gawa 
) , all over the world, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Gawa is characteristic of Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare surname, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Egypt, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Japan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Egypt. Likewise, Gawa is the forename as well as the last name.