Gwade Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Gwade Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwade (28) may also be a first name.
Gwade Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwade Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwade (Marathi: गावडे) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gwade.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwade? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,321,499th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. Gwade is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwade reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 208,625. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 68 percent are found, Harare Province, where 18 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Gwade is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 41 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gwade Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gwade in the Marathi language | ||
| गावडे | gavade | - |
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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 Gwade
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