Gwoba Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Gwoba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gwoba is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gwoba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwoba? popularity and diffusion

Gwoba is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwoba live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Gwoba is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda Gwoba is mostly concentrated in: Bugiri District, where 50 percent are found and Butaleja District, where 50 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwoba911/
Kwoba803,583/
Gwaba80611/
Gweba80520/
Gboba8036/
Guoba8014/
Gwowa805/
Gwuba804/
Qwoba801/
Gwobe801/
Gwova801/
Gcwaba73117/
Kgweba7316/
Gbobea7311/
Guobai7310/
Kwobah737/
Kwooba737/
Nkwoba732/
Gqwaba732/
Gbouba731/
Gwabea731/
Gwabat731/
Gwuyba731/
Ghweba731/
Gwaaba731/
Guoiba731/
Gwoowa731/
Ngwobo731/
Gweeba731/
Gwotbit6728/
Ngqwobe6725/
Gwahaba6710/
Ngqwaba676/
Ngwabay673/
Ngwuaba673/
Ngwaaba673/
Ngwoboh672/
Gwebaai671/
Gbobeah671/
Gboubai671/
Ngwobei671/

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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 Gwoba
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