Gwete Surname
Approximately 1,185 people bear this surname
Gwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,120 | 1:13,784 | 1,893 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| 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 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Gwete Demographics
Average Gwete Salary in
South Africa
R 21,252
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwete is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 316,396th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,149,828 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwete live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,120 people, or 1 in 13,784. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 59 percent reside, Harare Province, where 19 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Gwete Last Name Statistics demography
Gwete earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.06% less than the national average, earning R 21,252 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 Gwete
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