Gwafa Surname

449,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7171:21,5323,227
Botswana221:99,40615,343
England91:6,190,895170,599
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Gwafa (42) may also be a first name.

Gwafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gwafa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwafa? popularity and diffusion

Gwafa is the 449,013th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,614,177 people. Gwafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwafa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 42 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 717 people, or 1 in 21,532. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 53 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent reside and Harare Province, where 9 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwaifa9114/
Ngwafa919/
Ngwafah839/
Gwafooa831/
Gbafa801,553/
Kwafa8054/
Guafa801/
Ghwaifah7711/
Kwaifa7334/
Gwaife7321/
Gbafaa7321/
Kwaffa7312/
Gbaffa734/
Gbaifa732/
Gweufa732/
Gwapha732/
Ngwafi731/
Gwafio731/
Ngwaffo678/
Gwaffod671/
Gwaffer671/
Ngwafuo671/
Ngwafoh671/
Ngwafeh671/

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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 Gwafa
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