Balkew Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Balkew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Balkew (1,734) may also be a first name.
Balkew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balkew Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balkew is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Balkew.
How Common Is The Last Name Balkew? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,689,253rd most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Balkew reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 184,266th most prevalent forename at a global level It is held by 1,734 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Outside of Ethiopia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Balkew
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