Gwasa Surname
Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname
Gwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,181 | 1:44,828 | 5,073 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gwasa (493) may also be a first name.
Gwasa Demographics
Average Gwasa Salary in
South Africa
R 67,464
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwasa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwasa is the 277,773rd most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,227,795 people. The last name Gwasa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwasa are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gwasa is also the 382,601st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 493 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,181 people, or 1 in 44,828. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 33 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 15 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Gwasa Last Name Statistics demography
Gwasa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.61% less than the national average, earning R 67,464 per year.
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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 Gwasa
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