Kokwana Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

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

Kokwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kokwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2121:255,55525,837
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
Lesotho41:508,14018,568

Kokwana (242) may also be a first name.

Kokwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kokwana is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kokwana? popularity and diffusion

Kokwana is the 1,022,958th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Kokwana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kokwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 574,510th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 242 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 255,555. In South Africa Kokwana is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 44 percent reside, Gauteng, where 32 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 14 percent reside. Other than South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Kokwana Last Name Statistics demography

Kokwana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.93% less than the national average, earning R 185,520 per year.

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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 Kokwana
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