Gwitirwa Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Gwitirwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 193 | 1:79,991 | 11,722 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwitirwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwitirwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gwitirwa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwitirwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,155,901st most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwitirwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gwitirwa is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 79,991. In Zimbabwe Gwitirwa is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 84 percent reside, Harare Province, where 15 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, 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 Gwitirwa
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