Gwasha Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Gwasha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 522 | 1:29,575 | 4,542 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Gwasha (31) may also be a first name.
Gwasha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwasha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwasha is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gwasha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwasha? popularity and diffusion
Gwasha is the 590,101st most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,776,079 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwasha are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gwasha is also the 1,874,099th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 29,575. In Zimbabwe Gwasha is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 33 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe Gwasha occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gwasha
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