Etakwa Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Etakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Etakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Etakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Etakwa is most common in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Etakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,808,717th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Etakwa reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Etakwa is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otakwa | 83 | 231 | / |
| Etokwa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Atakwa | 83 | 24 | / |
| Etekwa | 83 | 20 | / |
| Etagwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Itakwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Etangwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Attakwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eteukwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Etankwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Echtagwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Itokwa | 67 | 123 | / |
| Atokwa | 67 | 54 | / |
| Etokwe | 67 | 46 | / |
| Atakwo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ataqwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Itekwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Atagwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Atekwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Etokwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Etogwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Otagwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atacwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etecwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etakui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etokwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Itakwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Itagwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Etakwa
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