Gwaliwa Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Gwaliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 114 | 1:342,450 | 22,679 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gwaliwa (149) may also be a first name.
Gwaliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwaliwa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gwaliwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaliwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwaliwa is the 1,674,734th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwaliwa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gwaliwa is also the 754,880th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 149 people.
Gwaliwa is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 342,450. In Uganda Gwaliwa is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 27 percent are found, Kampala District, where 22 percent are found and Mukono District, where 19 percent are found. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gwaliwa
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