Gwawu Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Gwawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 162 | 1:326,800 | 24,625 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gwawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwawu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwawu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,177,228th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. Gwawu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwawu reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Manyara Region, where 92 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 6 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gwawu
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