Guwa Surname
Approximately 2,273 people bear this surname
Guwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Zimbabwe | 729 | 1:21,177 | 3,164 |
| South Africa | 250 | 1:216,711 | 22,792 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Germany | 77 | 1:1,045,525 | 70,954 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Guwa (302) may also be a first name.
Guwa Demographics
Average Guwa Salary in
South Africa
R 164,436
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Guwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guwa has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 186,337th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,206,135 people. The surname Guwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Guwa are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Guwa is also the 506,891st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 302 people.
Guwa is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.
Guwa Last Name Statistics demography
Guwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.8% less than the national average, earning R 164,436 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 Guwa
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