Gwangwara Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwangwara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwangwara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3651:42,2976,525
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Gwangwara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwangwara Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gwangwara is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gwangwara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwangwara? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 758,524th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwangwara are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 42,297. In Zimbabwe Gwangwara is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 51 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 17 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Gwangwara Last Name Statistics demography

Gwangwara earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.98% less than the national average, earning R 140,244 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwangwara9522/
Gwagwara94159/
Gwangwari89106/
Kwangwara89101/
Gwangware8973/
Gwamgwara891/
Gwakwara8248/
Kwagwara8216/
Kwangwari783,405/
Kwangware781,941/
Kkwangware741/
Gbagbara712,219/
Kwakwara7182/
Guaguara712/
Guakwara711/
Gbogbara59233/
Gbangbore562/
Gbogbaara561/
Gbagbarou561/

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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 Gwangwara
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