Kwake Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kwake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1481:366,06633,202
Kenya1301:355,23020,851
Cameroon651:319,52429,358
United States521:6,970,364322,914
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kwake (57) may also be a first name.

Kwake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwake occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwake? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 648,005th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kwake live; 32 percent live in Southern Africa and 32 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kwake is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 57 people.

The surname Kwake is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 366,066. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 86 percent are found, Gauteng, where 10 percent are found and Western Cape, where 3 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.

Kwake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kwake last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% registered with the political party.

The amount Kwake earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 8.07% less than the national average, earning R 218,472 per year and in United States they earn 8.16% less than the national average, earning $39,630 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Kwake
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