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
The surname Gwangwadza occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwangwadza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwangwadza is the 547,713th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. The surname Gwangwadza occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwangwadza reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 551 people, or 1 in 28,019. In Zimbabwe Gwangwadza is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 45 percent live, Harare Province, where 35 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists 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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