Koekemoer Surname

35,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Koekemoer Surname Definition:

German place name - a moor containing “Guggi” or frogs, in dialect. Compare Guggenheimer, and Poggenpoel.

Koekemoer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa14,1201:3,837510
Swaziland1011:12,853583
England1001:557,18134,216
Namibia951:25,3624,096
Australia871:310,29526,919
United States481:7,551,228341,161
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Zimbabwe241:643,26047,966
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Koekemoer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

German place name - a moor containing “Guggi” or frogs, in dialect. Compare Guggenheimer, and Poggenpoel.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Koekemoer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Koekemoer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Koekemoer occurs most in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Koekemoer? popularity and diffusion

Koekemoer is the 35,883rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 495,650 people. The last name Koekemoer occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Koekemoer reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 14,120 people, or 1 in 3,837. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 37 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Koekemoer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Koekemoer surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Koekemoer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 72.2% more than the national average, earning R 409,212 per year and in United States they earn 27.07% more than the national average, earning $54,828 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koekoemoer954/
Koekkemoer951/
Kokemoer941/
Koekemoor894/
Koekamoer891/
Koekomoer891/
Kokoemoer891/
Kockemoer891/
Koekemaer891/
Kokemor88204/
Koetkemeyer8015/
Cookemoer781/
Kuekemeyer740/
Kakemaer711/

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