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
The surname Gwaza occurs most in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,819th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 494,742 people. Gwaza occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwaza reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 156,610th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 2,270 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 6,927 people, or 1 in 2,471. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.
Gwaza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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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