Gueves Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gueves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
Gueves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gueves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gueves is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gueves? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gueves is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Gueves live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Gueves is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 50 percent are found and North West, where 50 percent are found. Other than South Africa Gueves exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Gueves
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