Gwavava Surname
Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname
Gwavava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,003 | 1:15,392 | 2,167 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Gwavava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwavava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwavava is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwavava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 348,836th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,960,407 people. The last name Gwavava occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gwavava live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,003 people, or 1 in 15,392. In Zimbabwe Gwavava is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 31 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent reside and Harare Province, where 21 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside and Botswana, 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 Gwavava
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