Gwanzu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gwanzu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gwanzu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwanzu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwanzu occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gwanzu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwanzu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Gwanzu live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe Gwanzu is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwanzu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwaunzu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngwainzu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kwanzu | 83 | 423 | / |
| Gbanzu | 83 | 48 | / |
| Gwanxu | 83 | 12 | / |
| Gwanju | 83 | 5 | / |
| Guanzu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gh'wanzou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwansu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gwantsu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwanzu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guanzhu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwantshu | 71 | 556 | / |
| Guanzhou | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ngwantsu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngcwansu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwanshu | 71 | 1 | / |
| K'Wanzou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwanju | 67 | 50 | / |
| Guanxu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Guansu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kwansu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ngwantshu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Guanju | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quanzu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwancu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwantshui | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gwanzu
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