Gwededza Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Gwededza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Gwededza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwededza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwededza occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gwededza.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwededza? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,061,309th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwededza reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 188,271. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 52 percent live, Harare Province, where 16 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gwededza
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