Guveya Surname
Approximately 2,056 people bear this surname
Guveya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,741 | 1:8,867 | 1,074 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Guveya (69) may also be a first name.
Guveya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guveya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guveya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Guveya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guveya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 202,554th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,544,526 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Guveya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 69 people.
It is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,741 people, or 1 in 8,867. In Zimbabwe Guveya is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent live, Harare Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 14 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Guveya
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