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 surname Gwaba (Arabic: غوابا) has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwaba is the 529,538th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,927,244 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwaba reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gwaba is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 22 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 37,738. In Zambia Gwaba is most common in: Southern Province, where 38 percent are found, Central Province, where 30 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 29 percent are found. Outside of Zambia it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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