Gwehe Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Gwehe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gwehe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwehe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwehe is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gwehe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwehe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,876,555th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwehe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 343,072. In Zimbabwe Gwehe is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 84 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 16 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe Gwehe occurs in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwehee | 91 | 28 | / |
| Ngwehe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Gwehey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gwehhei | 83 | 59 | / |
| Ng'wehe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ngwuehe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwehaye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwehehe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Guehe | 80 | 1,726 | / |
| Gwieh | 80 | 21 | / |
| Gwe'e | 80 | 7 | / |
| Gwehi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Gwihe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gwgee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cwehe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gouehe | 73 | 137 | / |
| Ngwieh | 73 | 40 | / |
| Ggbehe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gwgeej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guehei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweheu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngweee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweiye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guehee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwyher | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gwie | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ngwejye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Guehhei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouhehe | 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 Gwehe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis