Gwene Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Gwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gwene (60) may also be a first name.
Gwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwene is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwene? popularity and diffusion
Gwene is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gwene live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gwene is also the 1,270,172nd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 60 people.
The last name Gwene is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Gwene is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 55 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 41 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gwene
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