Gwesa Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Gwesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 383 | 1:138,229 | 12,761 |
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gwesa Demographics
Average Gwesa Salary in
South Africa
R 42,060
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwesa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwesa is the 664,903rd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwesa live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 138,229. In Tanzania Gwesa is most prevalent in: Shinyanga Region, where 54 percent live, Tabora Region, where 41 percent live and Katavi Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Gwesa Last Name Statistics demography
Gwesa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.3% less than the national average, earning R 42,060 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 Gwesa
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