Gwetsani Surname
Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname
Gwetsani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,412 | 1:12,124 | 1,884 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
Gwetsani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwetsani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwetsani is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwetsani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 273,120th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,117,659 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwetsani reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,412 people, or 1 in 12,124. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwetshani | 89 | 5 | / |
| Kwetsani | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gwetshane | 82 | 6 | / |
| Kgwetsane | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gwetshana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gwezani | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkwetshani | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kwetsane | 75 | 371 | / |
| Kwitsani | 75 | 14 | / |
| Kwetsana | 75 | 12 | / |
| Qwetsana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kweetsane | 71 | 68 | / |
| Kwetshane | 71 | 31 | / |
| Kwetshana | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kgwetzane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qwetshana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwgetsane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwezani | 67 | 740 | / |
| Gwecane | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gwecana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwicani | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Gwetsani
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