Gweka Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gweka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gweka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gweka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gweka is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gweka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Gweka reside; 38 percent reside in Southern Africa and 38 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gweka is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Gweka is most common in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 38 percent live and Kenya, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gcweka | 91 | 440 | / |
| Gweaka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngwueka | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ngwekah | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ngcweka | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngweaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kweka | 80 | 19,576 | / |
| Gwaka | 80 | 888 | / |
| Gueka | 80 | 41 | / |
| Gwoka | 80 | 35 | / |
| Gweke | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gwika | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gweko | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gweca | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gweki | 80 | 2 | / |
| Qweka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cweka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gqwaka | 73 | 329 | / |
| Gwakaa | 73 | 224 | / |
| Cwieka | 73 | 178 | / |
| Gbekea | 73 | 48 | / |
| Gwekoh | 73 | 45 | / |
| Kwekap | 73 | 40 | / |
| Kwecka | 73 | 14 | / |
| Kwekai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kwaeka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gwaaka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ggwaka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwekeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gueyka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwacka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gcweke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgbeka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwekha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwheke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hkweka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwekgi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guekea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ncweka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwekah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwejka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Qwekea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cweika | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbeika | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwekau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweker | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kwetkat | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kwiecka | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gbeakai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kwekaha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cwiekah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guekaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gueikea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeheka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwekui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwekoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwekei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngweiki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwiekea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweikah | 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
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- 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 Gweka
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