Gwabe Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

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

Gwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1711:316,82930,013
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Gwabe (317) may also be a first name.

Gwabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gwabe is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwabe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The last name Gwabe is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gwabe live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 493,198th most common first name worldwide, held by 317 people.

The surname Gwabe is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 316,829. In South Africa Gwabe is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 43 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Western Cape, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.

Gwabe Last Name Statistics demography

Gwabe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.85% less than the national average, earning R 169,068 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Gwaber918/
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Gwaeboi675/
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Ngweabi674/
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Nncwabe672/
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Kwaibeu671/
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Nkwabeh671/
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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 Gwabe
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