Hokwe Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Hokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Hokwe (26) may also be a first name.
Hokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hokwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hokwe are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Hokwe is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 26 people.
Hokwe is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 441,093. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 49 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 43 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 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 Hokwe
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