Gwiliza Surname

252,136th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,570 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gwiliza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwiliza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4171:38,2344,913
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gwiliza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gwiliza occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwiliza? popularity and diffusion

Gwiliza is the 252,136th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,641,749 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwiliza live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,417 people, or 1 in 38,234. In South Africa Gwiliza is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 21 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Gwiliza occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Gwiliza Last Name Statistics demography

Gwiliza earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.11% less than the national average, earning R 175,596 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guiliza8632/
Gwilize862/
Kwiliza862/
Qwiliza861/
Gwilizi861/
Ngwilizi80244/
Guilizza802/
Gwilizer801/
Quiliza71457/
Gbileza7134/
Kwilisa712/
Gwiliso712/
Qwilisa711/
Guilize711/
Gvilija711/
Nkwilize672/
Guilicha671/

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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 Gwiliza
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