Bhokwe Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Bhokwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bhokwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Zimbabwe331:467,82539,606
Lesotho51:406,51217,363

Bhokwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bhokwe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bhokwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,967,751st most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bhokwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,041,879. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, North West, where 13 percent live and Western Cape, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent live and Lesotho, where 6 percent live.

Bhokwe Last Name Statistics demography

Bhokwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.05% less than the national average, earning R 64,032 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhokhwe9218/
Bokwe917,496/
Bokhwe8355/
Bokwer832/
Bokwue831/
Bokwes831/
Bhukwe831/
Bahkwe831/
Bokwed831/
Bokwea831/
Bhankwe779/
Bookhwe774/
Bongkwe773/
Boukwei772/
Bhongwe771/
Bonkwey771/
Bokwa731,382/
Bakwe73346/
Bogwe73336/
Bekwe7394/
Bukwe7394/
Bokue7318/
Bokwi733/
Bocwe731/
Bokway6746/
Boukue6745/
Bokwai6743/
Bonkwi6743/
Bakwey6742/
Bukwey6729/
Boikwa6718/
Bukwet6714/
Bakwei6712/
Bhakwi677/
Boykew677/
Bhagwe676/
Boukwi675/
Boukwa674/
Bookwa674/
Bohkwi672/
Bhakwa672/
Bockweydt672/
Bogweh672/
Bekweh671/
Bukwed671/
Bakwie671/
Bakhwe671/
Bhoque671/
Bogwet671/
Bockweitz671/
Baghwe671/
Buckwe671/
Bokwaa671/
Buikwe671/
Baakwe671/
Bhegwe671/
Bakwea671/
Bakwer671/
Bakweu671/
Beckwe671/
Bhukwa671/
Buskwe671/
Baukwe671/
Bokuep670/

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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 Bhokwe
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