Gwatiwa Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Gwatiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Gwatiwa (17) may also be a first name.
Gwatiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwatiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwatiwa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gwatiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwatiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwatiwa is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Gwatiwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwatiwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name globally, borne by 17 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 291,288. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent live, Midlands Province, where 43 percent live and Harare Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 45 percent live and Australia, where 1 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
- 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 Gwatiwa
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