Gwalisa Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwalisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwalisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa991:547,25043,124
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729

Gwalisa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gwalisa is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwalisa? popularity and diffusion

Gwalisa is the 1,497,948th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwalisa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 547,250. In South Africa Gwalisa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent are found, Western Cape, where 21 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent are found.

Gwalisa Last Name Statistics demography

Gwalisa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.52% less than the national average, earning R 110,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gualisa8633/
Kwalisa8626/
Ngwaliso804/
Gwaaletsa751/
Gualiza71990/
Kwalija7137/
Gbalesa7134/
Kwaliza7110/
Qualisa717/
Gualesa715/
Gwoliza714/
Kwalesa714/
Kwalusa712/
Gwalese711/
Ngwaleso67171/
Kwalizha674/
Gwolizza673/
Kwalijja672/
Gwaleasi672/
Gualizza671/
Nqwalise671/
Gwalesho671/
Gbalisse671/
Ngwaleza671/
Kwalizza671/
Kwalishi671/
Kwalaija671/

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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 Gwalisa
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