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 found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hekwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hekwe reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 735,300. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 97 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania Hekwe occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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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