Gwakisa Surname
Approximately 1,961 people bear this surname
Gwakisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,958 | 1:27,039 | 3,265 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Gwakisa (6,778) may also be a first name.
Gwakisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwakisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwakisa occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gwakisa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwakisa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 210,468th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,716,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwakisa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gwakisa is also the 79,233rd most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 6,778 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,958 people, or 1 in 27,039. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 69 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Gwakisa
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