Gwawala Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Gwawala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gwawala Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Gwawala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwawala Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gwawala is found most frequently in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwawala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Gwawala live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kamuli District, where 48 percent live, Luuka District, where 44 percent live and Buyende District, where 4 percent live. Besides Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 18 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guawala86174/
Gcwabala802/
Guhawala801/
Gbaiwala801/
Gwewela7111/
Guowala711/
Gbabala711/
Gbawali711/
Gwovala711/
Gwowola711/
Ngwavali671/
Gbavalah671/
Ngwowali671/
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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 Gwawala
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