Gwaloba Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Gwaloba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwaloba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana721:30,3746,067
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gwaloba (21) may also be a first name.

Gwaloba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gwaloba is found most frequently in Botswana. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwaloba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwaloba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 30,374. Excluding Botswana this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwaleba8611/
Gwoloba863/
Gwalobe861/
Gbaloba861/
Kwalobe71178/
Gwalabe71148/
Kwalaba7152/
Gbalobo718/
Gbaluba714/
Gbalobi713/
Gboloba712/
Gwolaba712/
Gwalabo711/
Gwolobo711/
Gbalaba711/
Gweleba711/
Gvalabas678/
Ngwalube671/
Ghwalabe671/

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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 Gwaloba
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