Bekwa Surname

138,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,0441:17,7982,237
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Cameroon751:276,92126,437
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bekwa (21) may also be a first name.

Bekwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bekwa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekwa? popularity and diffusion

Bekwa is the 138,663rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,259,004 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bekwa are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 3,044 people, or 1 in 17,798. In South Africa Bekwa is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 52 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Not including South Africa it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.

Bekwa Last Name Statistics demography

Bekwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.8% less than the national average, earning R 162,072 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boekwa91317/
Baekwa9128/
Bhekwa9113/
Bekwah9112/
Beukwa9111/
Bekwai912/
Beakwa911/
Bekway911/
Beckway8343/
Beukwai8311/
Behekwa831/
Bakwa801,831/
Bokwa801,382/
Bikwa80464/
Begwa80191/
Bekwe8094/
Bekua8028/
Beqwa804/
Bekwi803/
Becwa801/
Bekwo801/
Beckwath771/
Bakwai731,718/
Baikwa73141/
Bokway7346/
Bokwai7343/
Backwa7328/
Bakway7325/
Biekwe7324/
Beckwé7321/
Boikwa7318/
Bikwah7314/
Biskwa7313/
Begway7313/
Biegwa737/
Bikwas735/
Boekua734/
Beikwe733/
Bhakwa732/
Bekwit732/
Bikwad732/
Bekwui731/
Bekwyi731/
Bhecwa731/
Bakwah731/
Baakwa731/
Beckwe731/
Bakwea731/
Bakwaï731/
Bikway731/
Bitkwa731/
Beikwi731/
Beukwy731/
Bhegwa731/
Vhekwa731/
Bokwaa731/
Bekweh731/
Bekwot731/
Bekwoh731/
Begwas731/
Begwea731/
Bokwah731/
Bokwea731/
Buikwa731/
Betkwe731/
Betkwi731/
Beckwheat710/
Beckweath710/
Backway67142/
Bhaikwa6729/
Bockway6718/
Beckwit6715/
Beckwée6715/
Beckwee6710/
Bakkwai675/
Bekwith673/
Beckwer671/
Beazkua671/
Bahakwa671/
Beekwee671/
Beingwa671/
Baakwai671/
Baikwad671/

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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 Bekwa
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