Gwiya Surname

601,907th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 516 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Gwiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo5061:146,00715,343
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Gwiya (13) may also be a first name.

Gwiya Last Name Facts

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

Gwiya is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gwiya.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwiya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 601,907th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 14,123,151 people. The last name Gwiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwiya are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Gwiya is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name internationally, held by 13 people.

The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 146,007. Barring The DR Congo Gwiya occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Gwiya Last Name Statistics demography

Gwiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.5% less than the national average, earning R 67,728 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwiyah832/
Ngqwiya831/
Guiya802,690/
Gwija802,024/
Gwaya80981/
Gwiyo80699/
Gweya80440/
Kwiya80404/
Gbiya8076/
Gwiea805/
Gwuya805/
Gweia801/
Gwiye801/
Gviyah7327/
Gwayah735/
Gqweya734/
Ghuiya734/
Gbiyah732/
Gwuiyi732/
Ngwuya732/
Gwayas732/
Gweyah731/
Guiyah731/
Gwaaya731/
Ngwiye731/
Gwau672,574/
Gwai672,368/
Gwei671,097/
Gwaa67115/
Gwaj6787/
Gwea6764/
Gway6751/
Gwey678/
Ngqweya677/
Gwayaha677/
Gwoy675/
Ngwehya672/
Gwayaya672/
Ngweeya671/
Ngwuiyo671/
Gwui671/
Ghuiyad671/
Gwoi671/

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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 Gwiya
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