Gwekwe Surname
Approximately 564 people bear this surname
Gwekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 553 | 1:27,917 | 4,297 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Gwekwe (14) may also be a first name.
Gwekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwekwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gwekwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwekwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 562,135th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,921,181 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwekwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gwekwe is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 14 people.
The surname Gwekwe is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 553 people, or 1 in 27,917. In Zimbabwe Gwekwe is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwekwe | 83 | 3,721 | / |
| Gwegwe | 83 | 1,468 | / |
| Gwakwe | 83 | 265 | / |
| Gwecwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gbekwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwekweh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kgwegwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgwakwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwekue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gweikwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gweegwee | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ngwikwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cwecwe | 67 | 326 | / |
| Qweqwe | 67 | 139 | / |
| Kwekwa | 67 | 105 | / |
| Gwikwi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ngqwegqwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwakwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwegwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guekue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwokwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| 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 Gwekwe
- 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