Gwassa Surname
Approximately 1,119 people bear this surname
Gwassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,107 | 1:47,824 | 5,364 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwassa (733) may also be a first name.
Gwassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwassa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwassa? popularity and diffusion
Gwassa is the 330,832nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,512,552 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwassa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gwassa is also the 304,274th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 733 people.
The last name Gwassa is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,107 people, or 1 in 47,824. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 72 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 12 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gwassa
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