Gogwana Surname

400,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 878 people bear this surname

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

Gogwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gogwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8751:61,9177,805
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Gogwana (146) may also be a first name.

Gogwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gogwana is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gogwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gogwana is the 400,385th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,300,166 people. Gogwana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gogwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gogwana is also the 763,528th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 146 people.

The last name Gogwana is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 875 people, or 1 in 61,917. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent reside, Western Cape, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Gogwana Last Name Statistics demography

Gogwana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.18% less than the national average, earning R 149,292 per year.

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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 Gogwana
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