Gwagwa Surname

214,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gwagwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwagwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8281:213,94112,710
South Africa8031:67,4698,452
Zimbabwe1991:77,57911,409
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gwagwa (49) may also be a first name.

Gwagwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gwagwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwagwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 214,812th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,807,495 people. Gwagwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwagwa reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used first name globally, held by 49 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 828 people, or 1 in 213,941. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kano, where 94 percent reside, Delta, where 3 percent reside and Gombe, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 42 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside.

Gwagwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Gwagwa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Gwagwa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.18% less than the national average, earning R 180,180 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwagwai929/
Kgwagwa921/
Gwaygwa921/
Gwagwas921/
Gwaigwa921/
Kgwakgwa86331/
Gwaigwai8676/
Gwasgwas8653/
Gcwagcwa8611/
Gwaygway862/
Kgwahgwa861/
Gwagwa'e861/
Gwuagwua861/
Gwakwa83152/
Gbagwa8357/
Gwagwi839/
Gwagwe837/
Kwagwa832/
Cwagwa832/
Ngwangwai809/
Ngwangway804/
Ngwang'wa804/
Gwang'way801/
Kwaghwa77137/
Gwagbay7718/
Gwaikwa7713/
Kwagwua774/
Gwangwe774/
Gwanqwa773/
Gwagbea771/
Gbagwua771/
Nkwagwa771/
Kwagwah771/
Gwangwo771/
Ngwaqwa771/
Ngwagwi771/
Guhagwa771/
Kgwaakgwaa751/
Kgwakgwe71240/
Kwaghwua7110/
Ngwankwa712/
Kwagwaha712/
Gwangwou711/
Gwakwaya711/
Ngwangwo711/
Ngwaigwe711/
Kgwahgba711/
Gwaikwad711/
Ng'wakwa711/
Kwakwa675,244/
Gbagba673,778/
Guagua671,960/
Gwakwe67265/
Qwaqwa67156/
Kwagwi67134/
Gbagua6775/
Gwogwo6726/
Kwagwo6711/
N'Gwangwe679/
Qwakwa675/
Cwacwa673/
Gwagbo671/
Kgwaakgwe671/
Gwagbe671/
Gbagwo671/
Gwogwe671/
Kwagwe671/
Nngwangwe671/
Gwecwa671/

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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 Gwagwa
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