Gwarara Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwarara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwarara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gwarara Last Name Facts

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

Gwarara is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwarara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwarara live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Gwarara is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 406,269. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 61 percent live, Harare Province, where 34 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwaraira881/
Kwarara86140/
Gwarare8671/
Gwarera8615/
Gwararo867/
Gwarari863/
Guarara863/
Gbarara861/
Guararra8028/
Guararap801/
Gwararre801/
Guarari71265/
Kwarare71102/
Guarare716/
Gbarare713/
Guarera713/
Kwararo711/
Kwarera711/
Guarará711/
Gvarera711/
Guairare67149/
Quatrara6755/
Guareray679/
Nkwarare679/
Guarraro677/
Guaraero672/
Guararez671/
Guareira671/
Guarerai671/
Kwarrare671/
Kwairare671/
Kuararaj671/
Guaroura671/

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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 Gwarara
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