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
Gwebe is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwebe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 380,890th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,785,840 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwebe are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gwebe is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 35 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 357,143. In Nigeria it 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 this last name occurs 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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