Hekwe Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Hekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 72 | 1:735,300 | 41,343 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Hekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hekwe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hekwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hekwe live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Hekwe is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 735,300. In Tanzania Hekwe is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 97 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Hekwe exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Hekwe
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