Gweye Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Gweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻱ) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gweye is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gweye are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gweye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gweye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻱ | akwy | 40 |
| ﺍﻗﻮﻳﻪ | aqwyh | 40 |
| ﺍﻛﻮﻳﻪ | akwyh | 20 |
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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 Gweye
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