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 surname Hokwe is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokwe? popularity and diffusion
Hokwe is the 3,228,735th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hokwe reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Hokwe is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 26 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 441,093. In Zimbabwe Hokwe is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 49 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 43 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
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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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