Gwisa Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Gwisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gwisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwisa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gwisa.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,047,559th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwisa live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 200,497. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 61 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 26 percent reside and Harare Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent reside and Iceland, 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 Gwisa
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