Gwarai Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gwarai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gwarai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwarai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwarai occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gwarai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwarai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwarai live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Gwarai is most common in: Bauchi, where 95 percent are found and Sokoto, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Gwarai
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