Chokwe Surname
Approximately 4,135 people bear this surname
Chokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,825 | 1:19,178 | 2,426 |
| Zambia | 825 | 1:19,212 | 2,145 |
| Kenya | 309 | 1:149,450 | 11,887 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chokwe (117) may also be a first name.
Chokwe Demographics
Chokwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chokwe is found most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chokwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chokwe is the 112,126th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,762,405 people. Chokwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chokwe are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 117 people.
The surname Chokwe is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,825 people, or 1 in 19,178. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 42 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
Chokwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chokwe surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Chokwe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 42.84% less than the national average, earning R 135,840 per year and in United States they earn 54.87% more than the national average, earning $66,825 USD per year.
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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 Chokwe
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