Gwangwadza Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Gwangwadza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 551 | 1:28,019 | 4,309 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Gwangwadza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwangwadza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwangwadza is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Gwangwadza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwangwadza? popularity and diffusion
Gwangwadza is the 547,713th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,478,675 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwangwadza live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 551 people, or 1 in 28,019. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 45 percent live, Harare Province, where 35 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwangwaza | 95 | 40 | / |
| Gwangwadzah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Gwangwaidza | 95 | 1 | / |
| Gwangwadze | 90 | 44 | / |
| Kwangwadza | 90 | 1 | / |
| Kwangwadzai | 86 | 19 | / |
| Gwangwaudzo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwangwazo | 84 | 60 | / |
| Gwangwazi | 84 | 6 | / |
| Kwangwaza | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kwangwadzi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwangwazi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kwankwatsa | 60 | 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 Gwangwadza
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