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 surname Gwegwe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gwegwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwegwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 266,307th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,964,268 people. The last name Gwegwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwegwe live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 53 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,058 people, or 1 in 51,208. In South Africa Gwegwe is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
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
- 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 Gwegwe
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