Gewala Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Gewala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Gewala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gewala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gewala is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gewala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Gewala is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Gewala live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 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 Gewala
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