Gwaba Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Gwaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 420 | 1:37,738 | 3,776 |
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gwaba (22) may also be a first name.
Gwaba Demographics
Average Gwaba Salary in
South Africa
R 21,252
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwaba (Arabic: غوابا) occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 529,538th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 11,927,244 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwaba live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gwaba is also the 2,301,746th most numerous forename globally, borne by 22 people.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 37,738. In Zambia Gwaba is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 38 percent reside, Central Province, where 30 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Gwaba Last Name Statistics demography
Gwaba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.06% less than the national average, earning R 21,252 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gwaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gwaba in the Arabic language | ||
| غوابا | ghwaba | - |
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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 Gwaba
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