Gwila Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Gwila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 679 | 1:77,970 | 8,039 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gwila (127) may also be a first name.
Gwila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwila is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwila is the 477,400th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwila reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most common first name globally, borne by 127 people.
Gwila is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 679 people, or 1 in 77,970. In Tanzania Gwila is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 41 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 22 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Libya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gwila
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