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
The last name Gewala is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gewala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Gewala occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Gewala are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent reside.
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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 Gewala
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