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 surname Gwari (Hindi: ग्वाडी, Marathi: गौरी) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwari? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 223,913th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,008,551 people. The surname Gwari occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gwari reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 308,804th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 715 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 724 people, or 1 in 21,324. In Zimbabwe Gwari is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 27 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 25 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
Gwari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gwari surname is principally 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
- 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 Gwari
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