Gwerwa Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gwerwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gwerwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwerwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwerwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwerwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwerwa is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Gwerwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwerwa reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 50 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 50 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Gwerwa
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