Gwamure Surname
Approximately 655 people bear this surname
Gwamure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 648 | 1:23,824 | 3,599 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gwamure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwamure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwamure is most common in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwamure? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 501,935th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,126,024 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwamure reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 23,824. In Zimbabwe Gwamure is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 48 percent are found, Harare Province, where 24 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwamura | 86 | 353 | / |
| Gwamuri | 86 | 168 | / |
| Gbamure | 86 | 17 | / |
| Gwemure | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gwamurai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guamire | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kwamire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwamura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guamour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guamoura | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cwamusresth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guaamouri | 63 | 136 | / |
| Gueamouri | 63 | 9 | / |
| Kwaimauri | 63 | 7 | / |
| Guaamoura | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kwamor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Quamur | 62 | 0 | / |
| Kwamiri | 57 | 14 | / |
| Guamieri | 53 | 2 | / |
| Guoumour | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kwamirui | 53 | 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 Gwamure
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