Gwells Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gwells Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gwells Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa611:888,15957,770
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
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Gwells Demographics

Average Gwells Salary in
South Africa

R 104,640

Per year
Rank:
130,102 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
6.68068E-5
Rank: 79,792 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
44.03%
Sample size: 16 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Gwells Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwells Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gwells is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwells? popularity and diffusion

Gwells is the 2,414,640th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gwells are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Gwells is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 888,159. In South Africa Gwells is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 87 percent live and Northern Cape, where 13 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Gwells Last Name Statistics demography

Gwells earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.97% less than the national average, earning R 104,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guells8315/
Guelles77208/
Qwels734/
Guels732/
Gwlsp731/
Guelless711/
Guills6722/
Kuells6722/
Gwiles6713/
Quells6711/
Gouels671/
Guelss671/
Cuells671/
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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 Gwells
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