Gwena Surname
Approximately 1,804 people bear this surname
Gwena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,685 | 1:9,162 | 1,130 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwena (1,059) may also be a first name.
Gwena Demographics
Average Gwena Salary in
South Africa
R 250,248
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwena is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gwena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 225,303rd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,039,660 people. The last name Gwena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gwena are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 245,945th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 1,059 people.
The last name Gwena is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,685 people, or 1 in 9,162. In Zimbabwe Gwena is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 28 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 22 percent reside and Harare Province, where 18 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Gwena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gwena surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gwena earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.31% more than the national average, earning R 250,248 per year.
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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 Gwena
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