Gwaringa Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Gwaringa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 489 | 1:31,571 | 4,878 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Gwaringa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaringa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwaringa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaringa? popularity and diffusion
Gwaringa is the 618,896th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. The surname Gwaringa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwaringa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 489 people, or 1 in 31,571. In Zimbabwe Gwaringa is most common in: Midlands Province, where 41 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Gwaringa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwatringa | 94 | 13 | / |
| Ngwaringa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Guaringa | 88 | 160 | / |
| Kwaringa | 88 | 26 | / |
| Gwarenga | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gwaringo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gwairingi | 82 | 7 | / |
| Gbarnga | 80 | 32 | / |
| Gwernga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gwerenga | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kwarenga | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kweringa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gbaringi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kwairnga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Guaringui | 71 | 5 | / |
| Guaringhi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Guaringer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kwerenga | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cuarenga | 63 | 1 | / |
| Guarenghi | 59 | 54 | / |
| Kuerenga | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gwaringa
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