Gabongwe Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Gabongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Gabongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gabongwe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabongwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Gabongwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gabongwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Gabongwe is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 94 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 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 Gabongwe
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