Gwantshu Surname

568,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gwantshu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwantshu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5561:97,44211,864

Gwantshu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gwantshu is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gwantshu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwantshu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gwantshu is the 568,231st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. The surname Gwantshu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwantshu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Gwantshu is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 556 people, or 1 in 97,442. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found.

Gwantshu Last Name Statistics demography

Gwantshu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.99% less than the national average, earning R 142,608 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwantshu945/
Gwantshui941/
Gwantsu931/
Ngwantsu882/
Guantshu881/
Gwanzu7112/
Kwanchu677/
Guanchu671/
Gwaunzu671/
Kwanchuy634/
Guanchui632/
Guanchou631/
Kuantsou631/
Gh'wanzou591/
Kwanzu57423/
Kwancu571/
Kuanchu533/
Guancui531/
Guancou531/
Kwanchoo506/
K'Wanzou501/

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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 Gwantshu
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