Gwegwe Surname
Approximately 1,468 people bear this surname
Gwegwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,058 | 1:51,208 | 6,495 |
| Nigeria | 339 | 1:522,545 | 25,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gwegwe (53) may also be a first name.
Gwegwe Demographics
Average Gwegwe Salary in
South Africa
R 106,560
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwegwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwegwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwegwe is most common in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwegwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwegwe is the 266,307th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,964,268 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwegwe reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 53 people.
The surname Gwegwe is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 1,058 people, or 1 in 51,208. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Gwegwe Last Name Statistics demography
Gwegwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.16% less than the national average, earning R 106,560 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwegwee | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kgwegwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwer | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gweegwee | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ng'wegwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwekwe | 83 | 564 | / |
| Kwegwe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Gwecwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gwegwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gbegwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwegqwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegue | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gwegwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwekwe | 67 | 3,721 | / |
| Gbegbe | 67 | 2,395 | / |
| Guegue | 67 | 1,822 | / |
| Cwecwe | 67 | 326 | / |
| Gwakwe | 67 | 265 | / |
| Qweqwe | 67 | 139 | / |
| Kwegue | 67 | 33 | / |
| Guegbe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kwegwa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gwigwi | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gbegue | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gwagwi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gwecwa | 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
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- 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 Gwegwe
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