Gwae Surname

359,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,007 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Gwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8751:60,5056,490
Papua New Guinea1001:81,53710,792
Solomon Islands221:26,3655,164
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Gwae (21) may also be a first name.

Gwae Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gwae is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwae? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 359,713th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,236,888 people. The last name Gwae occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gwae reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.

The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 875 people, or 1 in 60,505. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 85 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwajje801/
Ngwahe801/
Kwae75357/
Guae7543/
Gwoe756/
Qwae753/
Gvae752/
Gweu751/
Ngwaiye731/
Ngwayie731/
Kwahe6724/
Gwaoa6722/
Gwahi6712/
Guaer678/
Kwaes674/
Guahe672/
Ghweu671/
Gwoua671/
Kwa'e671/
Gbeae671/
Gbaeh671/
Ghvae671/
Guaeh671/
Guaed671/

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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 Gwae
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