Gwese Surname
Approximately 1,429 people bear this surname
Gwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,398 | 1:11,043 | 1,416 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwese (24) may also be a first name.
Gwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwese is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 272,373rd most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,099,752 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwese live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 24 people.
The last name Gwese is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,398 people, or 1 in 11,043. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent live, Harare Province, where 20 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 0 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 Gwese
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