Gwanyi Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Gwanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 390 | 1:100,101 | 10,065 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gwanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwanyi has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwanyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwanyi is the 727,600th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name Gwanyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwanyi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 390 people, or 1 in 100,101. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Budaka District, where 39 percent reside, Kibuku District, where 24 percent reside and Pallisa District, where 14 percent reside. Other than Uganda it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and England, 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 Gwanyi
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