Gwari Surname
Approximately 1,818 people bear this surname
Gwari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 724 | 1:21,324 | 3,192 |
| Nigeria | 702 | 1:252,340 | 14,566 |
| India | 235 | 1:3,264,108 | 95,059 |
| Niger | 73 | 1:262,904 | 8,243 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gwari (715) may also be a first name.
Gwari Demographics
Gwari Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gwari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwari (Hindi: ग्वाडी, Marathi: गौरी) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwari? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 223,913th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,008,551 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gwari are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gwari is also the 308,804th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 715 people.
The last name Gwari is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 724 people, or 1 in 21,324. In Zimbabwe Gwari is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 27 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 25 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 39 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
Gwari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (72%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gwari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gwari in the Marathi language | ||
| गौरी | gauri | - |
| Gwari in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्वाडी | gvadi | 86.11 |
| ग्वाड़ी | gvari | 9.72 |
| ग्वारी | gvari | 2.78 |
| गवारी | gavari | 1.39 |
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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 Gwari
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