Gabwi Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gabwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gabwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gabwi is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Gabwi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gabwi are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe Gabwi is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 87 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 4 percent live and Harare Province, where 4 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngabwi | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gabbi | 80 | 2,498 | / |
| Gabwa | 80 | 167 | / |
| Gabwe | 80 | 95 | / |
| Gabui | 80 | 28 | / |
| Gapwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gavbi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gabbai | 73 | 519 | / |
| Gabbei | 73 | 89 | / |
| Gabbhi | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ghabbi | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gabuis | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gabway | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ghabwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gaabwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngabui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gaabbi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gahbui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabuhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabuih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabuid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ggabwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghabui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nghabui | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gabwi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis