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
Average Gwaza Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwaza is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwaza is the 35,819th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 494,742 people. The surname Gwaza is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwaza are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gwaza is also the 156,610th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 2,270 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 6,927 people, or 1 in 2,471. Barring Malawi this last name occurs 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 devotion of those carrying the Gwaza surname 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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