Fekwa Surname

429,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon7991:25,9943,541
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Fekwa (322) may also be a first name.

Fekwa Last Name Facts

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

Fekwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fekwa? popularity and diffusion

Fekwa is the 429,044th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,064,112 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fekwa live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Fekwa is also the 488,964th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 322 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 799 people, or 1 in 25,994. In Cameroon Fekwa is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 55 percent reside, North Region, where 22 percent reside and Centre Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Chad, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feukwa9123/
Feakwa912/
Fekwah911/
Fokwa80671/
Fikwa80120/
Fekwe8057/
Fakwa8046/
Vekwa8023/
Fegwa8016/
Fecwa805/
Fekua803/
Fekwi802/
Feugwa732/
Phekwa732/
Fehkwi731/
Feqway731/
Vhekwa731/
Fiokwa731/
Fiegwa731/
Feykwi731/
Feukwo731/
Fokwah731/
Phekgwa674/
Feuquwa670/

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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 Fekwa
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