Gwandiwa Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Gwandiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 151 | 1:102,240 | 14,347 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
Gwandiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwandiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwandiwa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gwandiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwandiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,398,030th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gwandiwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gwandiwa is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 102,240. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 66 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 7 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 7 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Gwandiwa
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