Gcwabe Surname

216,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,896 people bear this surname

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

Gcwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gcwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8891:28,6813,692
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Gcwabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gcwabe is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gcwabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gcwabe is the 216,437th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,843,642 people. The surname Gcwabe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gcwabe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,889 people, or 1 in 28,681. In South Africa Gcwabe is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent reside, Western Cape, where 22 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent reside. Barring South Africa Gcwabe exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Gcwabe Last Name Statistics demography

Gcwabe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.3% less than the national average, earning R 225,036 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Gwabe91235/
Cwabe918/
Gcwaba83117/
Gwaabe8371/
Gqwabe8343/
Gwabee8332/
Ncwabe8311/
Gwaber838/
Gwabes833/
Gwaibe832/
Gwabie832/
Gwabea831/
Ggwabe831/
Cwaibe831/
Nncwabe772/
Ngwaabe771/
Qwabe7325,323/
Kwabe73903/
Gwaba73611/
Cwaba73498/
Gbabe73388/
Gwabi73315/
Cwabi738/
Guabe737/
Cwobe731/
Gwobe731/
Cuabe731/
Ghwaiber711/
Kwabea67697/
Guabes67131/
Gbabee6771/
Guabez6771/
Kwabee6747/
Gbabeh6732/
Gbabea6721/
Khwabe6716/
Gwaiba6710/
Gbaabe6710/
Guabei676/
Kgwabi675/
Qhwabe674/
Cuabes673/
Kwahbe673/
Gwaabi673/
Kwabie672/
Qwabie672/
Gbabey672/
Gweibe671/
Kwasbe671/
Kwaibe671/
Gwaubi671/
Gwampe671/
Gwaive671/
Gwaaba671/
Guabie671/
Gueabe671/
Gbaibe671/
Nqwabe671/
Kwuabe671/
Guabed671/
Cuabey671/
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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 Gcwabe
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