Ishekwa Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Ishekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 153 | 1:15,748 | 2,858 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ishekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ishekwa has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ishekwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishekwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ishekwa is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ishekwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 15,748. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Oshikoto Region, where 80 percent live, Khomas Region, where 16 percent live and Oshana Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Namibia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hishekwa | 93 | 213 | / |
| Isekwa | 92 | 163 | / |
| Ishikwa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ishakwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ishekwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ichekwai | 80 | 20 | / |
| Ishiekwe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Isakwa | 77 | 281 | / |
| Isekua | 77 | 118 | / |
| Isokwa | 77 | 39 | / |
| Esekwa | 77 | 22 | / |
| Isekwe | 77 | 13 | / |
| Isikwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Izekwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Isegwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Isiekwe | 71 | 208 | / |
| Ishokua | 71 | 51 | / |
| Isaakwa | 71 | 29 | / |
| Ichekwe | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ishakua | 71 | 8 | / |
| Eshikwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ishigwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Isehkwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ishegba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ishakwo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ushikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jisikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ichegwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gisikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ichekua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ichikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ishekuo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eshakwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eshiekwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Isheagba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Esheikwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yoshikwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Esekwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hissekua | 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
- 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 Ishekwa
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