Brookwe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Brookwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brookwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054

Brookwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brookwe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brookwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Brookwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Brookwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Brookwe is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 88 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live.

Brookwe Last Name Statistics demography

Brookwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.07% less than the national average, earning R 189,948 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brokwe921/
Brockwe860/
Brokw831/
Brookwiy801/
Brookway801/
Brockwey800/
Brukwe77551/
Brakwe772/
Brockw771/
Broockway752/
Brukhwe7156/
Brakweh7126/
Brockwy714/
Brokway712/
Brogoue711/
Brockway678,393/
Bruckwer671/
Brokwith670/

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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 Brookwe
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