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
The surname Gwasha occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwasha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwasha is the 590,101st most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. Gwasha is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwasha live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 31 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 29,575. In Zimbabwe Gwasha is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 33 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Gwasha occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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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