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 surname Gwanyi is most common in Uganda. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwanyi? popularity and diffusion
Gwanyi is the 727,600th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwanyi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 100,101. In Uganda Gwanyi is most numerous in: Budaka District, where 39 percent reside, Kibuku District, where 24 percent reside and Pallisa District, where 14 percent reside. Other than Uganda Gwanyi 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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