Gwezuva Surname

454,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwezuva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwezuva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7451:20,7223,094
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Gwezuva (104) may also be a first name.

Gwezuva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwezuva Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gwezuva is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwezuva? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gwezuva is the 454,357th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,768,828 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwezuva reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 104 people.

The surname Gwezuva is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 745 people, or 1 in 20,722. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 60 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 17 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwezva9214/
Gwezuwa862/
Gwazuva861/
Gwezvo7742/
Gwazva7714/
Gwaziva7170/
Gwejuwa7117/
Kwasuva571/
Kwazuwa571/
Kwetshuba502/

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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 Gwezuva
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