Gwae Surname
Approximately 1,007 people bear this surname
Gwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 875 | 1:60,505 | 6,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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 occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gwae.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwae? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 359,713th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,236,888 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gwae are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 875 people, or 1 in 60,505. In Tanzania Gwae is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 85 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent live.
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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 Gwae
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