Gwewera Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Gwewera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 171 | 1:90,282 | 12,982 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
Gwewera (23) may also be a first name.
Gwewera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwewera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwewera has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwewera? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Gwewera occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwewera reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gwewera is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 90,282. In Zimbabwe Gwewera is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 40 percent are found, Harare Province, where 32 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 19 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Gwewera
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