Gcwensa Surname

121,603rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,765 people bear this surname

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

Gcwensa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gcwensa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,7561:14,4241,820
England61:9,286,343223,652
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gcwensa Last Name Facts

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

Gcwensa is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gcwensa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 121,603rd most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,935,603 people. The last name Gcwensa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gcwensa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Gcwensa is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3,756 people, or 1 in 14,424. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 89 percent live, Gauteng, where 7 percent live and Western Cape, where 1 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Gcwensa Last Name Statistics demography

Gcwensa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.36% less than the national average, earning R 115,584 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngcwensa9318/
Gwensa9218/
Gcwenca864/
Gcwenza864/
Gqwensa863/
Gcwensi862/
Gcwenso861/
Gcwenja861/
Gcuensa861/
Gkwensa861/
Ggwensa861/
Ncwensa861/
Ngwensah802/
Nqcwensa801/
Gwenxa7776/
Cuensa7725/
Kwensa7723/
Gwenja7723/
Gbensa778/
Cwenza776/
Gwenza773/
Qwensa771/
Gwenca771/
Cwenca771/
Gwenso771/
Gwensi771/
Gwenjau7146/
Ngwenza7131/
Qcuensa711/
Cuensia711/
Ngwense711/
G'Wenza711/
Ngwenshi671/
Gwnsy671/

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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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  • 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 Gcwensa
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