Zawayo Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Zawayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Zawayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zawayo is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zawayo is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Zawayo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zawayo reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe Zawayo is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 93 percent live and Midlands Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Zawayo occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
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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 Zawayo
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