Gwebe Surname
Approximately 936 people bear this surname
Gwebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 496 | 1:357,143 | 19,221 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Zimbabwe | 79 | 1:195,421 | 22,838 |
| Tanzania | 60 | 1:882,360 | 43,917 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gwebe (35) may also be a first name.
Gwebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwebe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwebe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 380,890th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,785,840 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwebe reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwebe is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 357,143. In Nigeria Gwebe is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 85 percent are found, Taraba, where 5 percent are found and Kaduna, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 31 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kgwebe | 91 | 22 | / |
| Gwebee | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gqwebe | 91 | 3 | / |
| Gwebhe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gweibe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gweebe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gwebeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngwebeh | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ngqwebe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwebe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwuebep | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwehbeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gbebe | 80 | 1,369 | / |
| Kwebe | 80 | 575 | / |
| Guebe | 80 | 526 | / |
| Gweba | 80 | 520 | / |
| Gwabe | 80 | 235 | / |
| Qwebe | 80 | 57 | / |
| Gwebi | 80 | 19 | / |
| Gweby | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cwebe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gwobe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghweïber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guebey | 73 | 248 | / |
| Gouebe | 73 | 109 | / |
| Gwaabe | 73 | 71 | / |
| Gueibe | 73 | 64 | / |
| Kwaebe | 73 | 54 | / |
| Gqwabe | 73 | 43 | / |
| Gwabee | 73 | 32 | / |
| Kgweba | 73 | 16 | / |
| Guebei | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kwebeh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gbebee | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gbeebe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ngwibe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gwebui | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kweber | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwaibe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ggwabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cwebhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbebea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwabea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nqwebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweiba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guebhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweeba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwwebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gueabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guebeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gueebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghweba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gh'weiber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cweiber | 67 | 33 | / |
| Gwaeboi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngweabi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwuibe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gwethbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkweebe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kweïber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwebeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qweibei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwebehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweiber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwebai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwebeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouhebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwebaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweibea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gwebe
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