Gwazai Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Gwazai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Gwazai (30) may also be a first name.
Gwazai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwazai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwazai is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gwazai.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwazai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,620,164th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Gwazai is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwazai reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 162,508. In Zimbabwe Gwazai is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 53 percent reside, Harare Province, where 35 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe Gwazai is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Gwazai
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