Kokwane Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kokwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kokwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4221:128,38315,068
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827

Kokwane (217) may also be a first name.

Kokwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kokwane occurs most in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kokwane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kokwane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 656,126th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kokwane live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kokwane is also the 612,983rd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 217 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 128,383. In South Africa Kokwane is most numerous in: North West, where 63 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 5 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Kokwane Last Name Statistics demography

Kokwane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.15% less than the national average, earning R 125,580 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 Kokwane
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