Gaqavu Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gaqavu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gaqavu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2481:218,45822,930
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Gaqavu Demographics

Average Gaqavu Salary in
South Africa

R 135,204

Per year
Rank:
106,564 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000221196
Rank: 38,262 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
56.9%
Sample size: 41 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Gaqavu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gaqavu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gaqavu.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaqavu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,020,242nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaqavu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 218,458. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 54 percent are found, Western Cape, where 36 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found.

Gaqavu Last Name Statistics demography

Gaqavu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.11% less than the national average, earning R 135,204 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Gaikavau712/
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Gakabu678/
Geqevu677/
Gacabu674/
Hakavu671/
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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 Gaqavu
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