Gwelwa Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gwelwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gwelwa 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
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
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Gwelwa Demographics

Average Gwelwa Salary in
South Africa

R 17,592

Per year
Rank:
193,462 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.80788E-6
Rank: 186,884 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
7.4%
Sample size: 4 (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

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Gwelwa Last Name Facts

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

Gwelwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwelwa? popularity and diffusion

Gwelwa is the 2,944,094th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwelwa live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most common in: Gombe, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 23 percent live.

Gwelwa Last Name Statistics demography

Gwelwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 92.6% less than the national average, earning R 17,592 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
Gwlwa911/
Guelwa832/
Ghwlwa831/
Ngwelwe771/
Ngwilwa771/
Ng'wehelwa751/
Gwlwi731/
Ng'wilwa714/
Gbelua6741/
Kwilwa6741/
Cwelwe6719/
Guelba676/
Gwlewo671/
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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 Gwelwa
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