Gwambe Surname
Approximately 1,818 people bear this surname
Gwambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 712 | 1:76,092 | 9,464 |
| Nigeria | 569 | 1:311,323 | 17,268 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gwambe (25) may also be a first name.
Gwambe Demographics
Average Gwambe Salary in
South Africa
R 262,308
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwambe is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwambe is the 223,913th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,008,551 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwambe are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 25 people.
The last name Gwambe is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 712 people, or 1 in 76,092. In South Africa Gwambe is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 29 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 25 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 22 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and Malawi, where 19 percent are found.
Gwambe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (52%) in Nigeria.
Gwambe earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.38% more than the national average, earning R 262,308 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwambeh | 92 | 9 | / |
| Gwambie | 92 | 9 | / |
| Gwaambe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwambee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwambeer | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ngcwambe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngwambea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Guambe | 83 | 108,511 | / |
| Gwamba | 83 | 956 | / |
| Gwembe | 83 | 621 | / |
| Kwambe | 83 | 381 | / |
| Gwambi | 83 | 267 | / |
| Gbambe | 83 | 78 | / |
| Gwanbe | 83 | 23 | / |
| Gwombe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Qwambe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gvambe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngweambea | 80 | 4 | / |
| Guambeh | 77 | 65 | / |
| Guambei | 77 | 32 | / |
| Gbambea | 77 | 21 | / |
| Guambie | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kwambeh | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kwanmbe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Guambey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ghwambi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngvambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ggwamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwambaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwambie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwambee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwambuha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nghwambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hgcwembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwasimbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwamboy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwasimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cuambe | 67 | 43,970 | / |
| Kwembe | 67 | 5,094 | / |
| Kwamba | 67 | 1,545 | / |
| Kwambi | 67 | 437 | / |
| Cwombe | 67 | 365 | / |
| Gbombe | 67 | 343 | / |
| Guambi | 67 | 307 | / |
| Gbambi | 67 | 185 | / |
| Gwembi | 67 | 54 | / |
| Kuambe | 67 | 53 | / |
| Kwanbe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Qwambi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Quambe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gbanbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwombe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Guanbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwanba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guatember | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwanbi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gwambe
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