Gwabile Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

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

Gwabile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwabile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1161:467,04938,892
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Gwabile Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gwabile is most common in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwabile? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,683,218th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwabile live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Gwabile is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 467,049. In South Africa Gwabile is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent reside, Western Cape, where 33 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

Gwabile Last Name Statistics demography

Gwabile earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.99% less than the national average, earning R 116,460 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwabele86150/
Gwebile8672/
Gwabila8631/
Guabile8627/
Qwabile861/
Kwabile861/
Gwabili861/
Gbabile861/
Guabiles8017/
Ncwabile801/
Ngwabili801/
Gbabele71207/
Gbabili71191/
Kwabila7179/
Kwabele7134/
Gwabela7113/
Guabele714/
Guavile712/
Gwebili711/
Gwebele711/
Gbabily711/
Quabile711/
Kwabili711/
Gbobile711/
Gbaabele671/
Guavil622/
Quabili5762/
Gbobele575/
Kuabila574/
Kwabela574/
Kwebele573/
Gbobili572/
Gwebeli571/
Kwaibeli537/
Gbaveleh531/
Guabelha531/
Gbobhele531/
Kuebiele531/

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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
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  • 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 Gwabile
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