Gwane Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Gwane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 153 | 1:354,103 | 32,399 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Nepal | 28 | 1:1,017,177 | 6,083 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Gwane (37) may also be a first name.
Gwane Demographics
Average Gwane Salary in
South Africa
R 150,768
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwane (Marathi: गावाने) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gwane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwane is the 935,326th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gwane are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 354,103. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 31 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 percent live and Nepal, where 10 percent live.
Gwane Last Name Statistics demography
Gwane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.56% less than the national average, earning R 150,768 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gwane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gwane in the Marathi language | ||
| गावाने | gavane | - |
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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 Gwane
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