Gandiwa Surname

158,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gandiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gandiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2,6141:5,906623
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
England101:5,571,806158,774
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gandiwa (211) may also be a first name.

Gandiwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gandiwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gandiwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gandiwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 158,213th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,638,503 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gandiwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 622,565th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 211 people.

It is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,614 people, or 1 in 5,906. In Zimbabwe Gandiwa is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 20 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Gandiwa occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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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 Gandiwa
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