Gwetu Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Gwetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 268 | 1:57,605 | 8,734 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwetu is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwetu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 956,400th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwetu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gwetu is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 57,605. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Bulawayo Province, where 44 percent live, Midlands Province, where 38 percent live and Harare Province, where 8 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwethu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Gweetu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gweitu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngwetuh | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gqwethu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ng'wetu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwetu | 80 | 117 | / |
| Gbetu | 80 | 28 | / |
| Gwatu | 80 | 26 | / |
| Guetu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwethu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwatau | 73 | 181 | / |
| Gueteu | 73 | 71 | / |
| Guetou | 73 | 29 | / |
| Gbetou | 73 | 25 | / |
| Gbettu | 73 | 14 | / |
| Kweteu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Gwaitu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gwateu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwathu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwetou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwetuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guettu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwatou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwethu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwatui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guettou | 67 | 669 | / |
| Gueytou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Guetheu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gouetou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gueitou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gwattau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guoetou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guethou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbettou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwitui | 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 Gwetu
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