Gawaza Surname
Approximately 1,635 people bear this surname
Gawaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| Tanzania | 574 | 1:92,233 | 9,227 |
| Zimbabwe | 392 | 1:39,383 | 6,093 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gawaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gawaza is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gawaza is the 243,808th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,457,215 people. Gawaza is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gawaza are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Besides Malawi it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 35 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gawazah | 92 | 23 | / |
| Gawarza | 92 | 22 | / |
| Gawazza | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gawadza | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gavaza | 83 | 2,254 | / |
| Gabaza | 83 | 873 | / |
| Gawasa | 83 | 24 | / |
| Gewaza | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gaweza | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gawaze | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gavazza | 77 | 1,483 | / |
| Gavazaj | 77 | 363 | / |
| Gabazza | 77 | 58 | / |
| Gavadza | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gavazah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Gawodza | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gaiwasa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gawaisa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gawaize | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gabazah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Qgabaza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gabazai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gavazha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gawadja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ghawazi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gahweza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaewasa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gabazzah | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ghawwazi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gawaisay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gowasa | 67 | 2,630 | / |
| Gavazi | 67 | 308 | / |
| Gewasa | 67 | 69 | / |
| Gawase | 67 | 61 | / |
| Gavaze | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gavaca | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gevaza | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gawage | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gabaze | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gawaji | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gavasa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gawesa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gaveza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gobaza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gavoza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gawasi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gabazo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gabazi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gowazi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawaichai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawaco | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawoja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaboza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawatchai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaibaizai | 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
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- 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 Gawaza
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