Gwaza Surname
Approximately 14,730 people bear this surname
Gwaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 6,927 | 1:2,471 | 301 |
| Nigeria | 4,514 | 1:39,243 | 3,143 |
| South Africa | 2,028 | 1:26,715 | 3,421 |
| Zimbabwe | 822 | 1:18,781 | 2,781 |
| Tanzania | 311 | 1:170,230 | 14,948 |
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gwaza (2,270) may also be a first name.
Gwaza Demographics
Gwaza Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwaza occurs most in Malawi. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gwaza.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 35,819th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 494,742 people. The last name Gwaza is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwaza live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gwaza is also the 156,610th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 2,270 people.
The surname Gwaza is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 6,927 people, or 1 in 2,471. Aside from Malawi Gwaza is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 31 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.
Gwaza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gwaza last name is chiefly Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
The amount Gwaza earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 34.99% less than the national average, earning R 154,488 per year and in United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.
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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 Gwaza
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