Bikwe Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bikwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bikwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1301:159,76217,345
South Africa1111:488,08740,113
Nigeria691:2,567,28683,988
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bikwe (28) may also be a first name.

Bikwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bikwe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bikwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bikwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 862,604th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bikwe reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 28 people.

This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 58 percent are found, Centre Region, where 31 percent are found and Far North Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 22 percent are found.

Bikwe Last Name Statistics demography

Bikwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.14% less than the national average, earning R 92,352 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bikhwe9128/
Bikwei9126/
Biekwe9124/
Beikwe913/
Baikwe911/
Buikwe911/
Bikweed831/
Buinkwe831/
Bikwa80464/
Bekwe8094/
Bikwi8043/
Vikwe803/
Bikue802/
Bigwe802/
Bickweat7714/
Bickweet770/
Bickweth770/
Baikwa73141/
Bigweh7322/
Boikwa7318/
Baigwe734/
Bitkwi731/
Beckwe731/
Bikwit731/
Bikway731/
Biegwe731/
Bikueh731/
Betkwe731/
Buikwi731/
Buikwa731/
Beikwi731/
Biggwe731/
Bekweh731/
Bickwit6734/
Bhaikwa6729/
Bickoue6717/
Bikoueh6716/
Beckwée6715/
Bickwid6712/
Beckwee6710/
Biegweh672/
Beckwer671/
Bigwije671/
Beekwee671/
Vickwei671/
Baikwoi671/
Bykw671/

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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 Bikwe
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