Gwanama Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gwanama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gwanama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwanama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwanama is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwanama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwanama is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwanama reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gwanama is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwainama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kwanama | 86 | 308 | / |
| Gwanema | 86 | 82 | / |
| Guanama | 86 | 13 | / |
| Gbanama | 86 | 5 | / |
| Gwanami | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwanhema | 80 | 24 | / |
| Kwasnama | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gbanamah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Guainama | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwenama | 71 | 70 | / |
| Gwenamo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Guaname | 71 | 4 | / |
| Quanama | 71 | 2 | / |
| Guanami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwenoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guanema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbanoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbanami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuanama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwanema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwanami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbonama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbanamou | 67 | 4,900 | / |
| Gwenhamo | 67 | 929 | / |
| Gbanname | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kwangoma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuhanama | 67 | 3 | / |
| Guangamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guhanami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbanhami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbanhame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbonamah | 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 Gwanama
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis