Gugwana Surname

558,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 569 people bear this surname

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

Gugwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gugwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5691:95,21611,631

Gugwana (27) may also be a first name.

Gugwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gugwana occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gugwana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 558,412th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,807,638 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gugwana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gugwana is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 27 people.

Gugwana is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 569 people, or 1 in 95,216. In South Africa Gugwana is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside.

Gugwana Last Name Statistics demography

Gugwana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.79% less than the national average, earning R 124,080 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
  • 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 Gugwana
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