Gwama Surname
Approximately 2,933 people bear this surname
Gwama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,268 | 1:42,727 | 5,460 |
| Zimbabwe | 967 | 1:15,965 | 2,300 |
| Tanzania | 241 | 1:219,675 | 18,309 |
| Kenya | 214 | 1:215,794 | 15,347 |
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwama (366) may also be a first name.
Gwama Demographics
Average Gwama Salary in
South Africa
R 159,288
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwama (Hindi: ग्वामा) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gwama.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwama is the 150,391st most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,484,673 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwama live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gwama is also the 454,857th most widespread given name throughout the world, held by 366 people.
The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 1,268 people, or 1 in 42,727. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent are found, Gauteng, where 12 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Gwama exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.
Gwama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gwama surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Gwama earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.97% less than the national average, earning R 159,288 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gwama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gwama in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्वामा | gvama | - |
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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 Gwama
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