Fookwe Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Fookwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fookwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Fookwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fookwe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fookwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Fookwe is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Fookwe are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa Fookwe is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, Western Cape, where 42 percent live and Gauteng, where 8 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent live.

Fookwe Last Name Statistics demography

Fookwe earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 170.73% more than the national average, earning R 643,368 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fokwe91115/
Fokhwe834/
Foukwe832/
Foukwet771/
Fonkwei771/
Fockweh771/
Fokwa73671/
Fukwe73277/
Fogwe73213/
Fokue7371/
Fakwe7310/
Vokwe732/
Fokwi731/
Phokwe67167/
Fukweu6757/
Fankwe6744/
Fogoue6731/
Fonkue674/
Fakweu671/
Fakwue671/
Fukwei671/
Foukwi671/
Foukwa671/
Foukue671/
Foncwe671/

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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 Fookwe
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