Gwapedza Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwapedza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwapedza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5951:25,9473,967
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Gwapedza (53) may also be a first name.

Gwapedza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gwapedza is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwapedza? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 536,820th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwapedza reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 53 people.

Gwapedza is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 595 people, or 1 in 25,947. In Zimbabwe Gwapedza is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 39 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 24 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwpedza931/
Kwapedza881/
Guapeza8040/
Kapedza803/
Kpedza711/
Kapadza67387/
Kapedzi6734/
Kupedza675/
Kapedzo671/
Kapodza671/
Kapudza671/
Kpedzah671/
Guapecha631/
Guapazo536/
Queapaza501/

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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 Gwapedza
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