Gwala Surname
Approximately 31,527 people bear this surname
Gwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 26,555 | 1:2,040 | 256 |
| India | 4,126 | 1:185,910 | 11,315 |
| Nepal | 185 | 1:153,951 | 2,596 |
| Namibia | 150 | 1:16,063 | 2,906 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Uganda | 98 | 1:398,360 | 24,962 |
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Gwala (215) may also be a first name.
Gwala Demographics
Average Gwala Salary in
South Africa
R 142,776
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwala (Bengali: গোয়ালা, Hindi: ग्वाला, Marathi: ग्वाला, Oriya: ରୀାଲା) occurs most in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gwala.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwala is the 17,576th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 231,153 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gwala are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gwala is also the 616,131st most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 215 people.
The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 26,555 people, or 1 in 2,040. In South Africa Gwala is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 81 percent live, Gauteng, where 9 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent live and Nepal, where 1 percent live.
Gwala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gwala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.92% less than the national average, earning R 142,776 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gwala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gwala in the Bengali language | ||
| গোয়ালা | goyala | - |
| Gwala in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्वाला | gvala | - |
| Gwala in the Oriya language | ||
| ରୀାଲା | riala | - |
| Gwala in the Marathi language | ||
| ग्वाला | gvala | - |
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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 Gwala
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