Gomwe Surname

253,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gomwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gomwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,4961:10,3201,303
Botswana221:99,40615,343
England151:3,714,537119,675
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Gomwe (19) may also be a first name.

Gomwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gomwe occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gomwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 253,301st most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,668,511 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gomwe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,496 people, or 1 in 10,320. In Zimbabwe Gomwe is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 27 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 22 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goumwe914/
Gomwez911/
Ghomwe911/
Ngoumwe831/
Gomnwee831/
Gombe809,138/
Gomwa80730/
Gumwe8035/
Gonwe8020/
Gomve803/
Gamwe803/
Ghomw801/
Goumbe73118/
Gombea7362/
Ghombe7342/
Ggombe7333/
Gombei7321/
Goumwa7318/
Gounwe7310/
Gombee736/
Gomway736/
Gonnwe734/
Gumwee733/
Gonwee732/
Gonwea732/
Goombe732/
Gomvee731/
Gonmbe731/
Gommue731/
Gomwai731/
Gamweu731/
Goimbe731/
Goumue731/
Ngomwi731/
Ngomve731/
Ngumwe731/
Goomue731/
Gonwer730/
Gombey730/
Goumbey678/
Ghoumbe673/
Ngounwe672/
Gounwer671/
Gamw671/
Gueumwe671/
Ngomueh671/

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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 Gomwe
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