Gwanyanya Surname
Approximately 1,815 people bear this surname
Gwanyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,797 | 1:8,591 | 1,023 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Gwanyanya (250) may also be a first name.
Gwanyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwanyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwanyanya is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwanyanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 224,220th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,015,177 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwanyanya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 563,826th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 250 people.
The surname Gwanyanya is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,797 people, or 1 in 8,591. In Zimbabwe Gwanyanya is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 29 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 24 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gwanyanya
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