Gwanja Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Gwanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gwanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwanja is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Gwanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwanja live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Gwanja is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 73 percent are found, Bauchi, where 9 percent are found and Borno, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and Uganda, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Gwanja
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