Fukwa Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Fukwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| Namibia | 45 | 1:53,542 | 6,362 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Fukwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fukwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fukwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fukwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,281,391st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. Fukwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fukwa live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 563,209. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 96 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 25 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfukwa | 91 | 353 | / |
| Feukwa | 91 | 23 | / |
| Foukwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fukway | 91 | 0 | / |
| Feunkwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fokwa | 80 | 671 | / |
| Fukwe | 80 | 277 | / |
| Fukwo | 80 | 171 | / |
| Fikwa | 80 | 120 | / |
| Fukua | 80 | 32 | / |
| Fugwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vukwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fungkwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fukweu | 73 | 57 | / |
| Fougwa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Feugwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Foukwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Foukwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feukwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fukwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fukuay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phukwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fugway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fuhngwa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Fuhgwah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Foungwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Feunkwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foukwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuquway | 67 | 0 | / |
| Feuquwa | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fukwa
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