Gwani Surname
Approximately 2,914 people bear this surname
Gwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,603 | 1:68,053 | 4,941 |
| Niger | 115 | 1:166,887 | 6,016 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwani (2,143) may also be a first name.
Gwani Demographics
Average Gwani Salary in
South Africa
R 96,288
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwani has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gwani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 151,175th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,500,874 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwani reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwani is also the 162,153rd most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 2,143 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,603 people, or 1 in 68,053. In Nigeria Gwani is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 19 percent reside, Bauchi, where 16 percent reside and Yobe, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Gwani Last Name Statistics demography
Gwani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.48% less than the national average, earning R 96,288 per year.
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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 Gwani
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